Medeterites

Medeterites is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber. It contains only one species, Medeterites molestus.[1]

Medeterites
Temporal range: Upper Eocene–Lower Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: †Medeterites
Grichanov, 2010[1]
Species:
†M. molestus
Binomial name
†Medeterites molestus
(Meunier, 1907)
Synonyms

Thrypticus molestus Meunier, 1907

References
  1. Grichanov, I. Ya. (2010). "A new genus of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 6 (2): 209–212. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2010-6-2-209-212.
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