Biology:Medeterites

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Short description: Extinct genus of Dolichopodid flies from Baltic amber

Medeterites
Temporal range: Upper Eocene–Lower Oligocene
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

References

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