Biology:Micromedetera
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Short description: Genus of Dolichopodid flies from the Neotropical realm
| Micromedetera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Medeterinae/? |
| Genus: | Micromedetera Robinson, 1975[1] |
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| Micromedetera archboldi | |
Micromedetera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Caribbean and Panama.[1] The genus belongs to the "micro-dolichopodids", an informal group of genera from the New World which have a body length of 1 mm or less. The genus was originally assigned to the subfamily Medeterinae, but more recently its placement in the subfamily is considered uncertain.[2]
Species
- Micromedetera archboldi Robinson, 1975[1] – Dominica
- Micromedetera shannoni Robinson, 1975[1] – Panama
- Micromedetera wirthi Robinson, 1975[1] – Jamaica
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Robinson, Harold (1975). "Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica. The Family Dolichopodidae with Some Related Antillean and Panamanian Species (Diptera)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 185: 1–141. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.185.
- ↑ Runyon, Justin B; Robinson, Harold (2010). "Hurleyella, a new genus of Nearctic Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Zootaxa 2400: 57–65. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2400.1.6. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02400p065.pdf. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q13964783 entry
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