Palaeomedeterus

Palaeomedeterus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:Peloropeodinae
Genus:†Paleomedeterus
Meunier, 1894
Type species
Palaeochrysotus ignavus
Meunier, 1907
Synonyms[1]
  • Palaeochrysotus Meunier, 1907[2]
  • Gheynia Meunier, 1899
  • Gheynius Meunier, 1907

Paleomedeterus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber from the Eocene.

Species

  • †Palaeomedeterus bifurcatus (Meunier, 1907)[3] (Synonym: Gheynia bifurcata Meunier, 1907)[1]
  • †Palaeomedeterus fessus (Meunier, 1907)[3]
  • †Palaeomedeterus hirsutus (Meunier, 1907)[3]
  • †Palaeomedeterus horridus (Meunier, 1907)[3]
  • †Palaeomedeterus ignavus (Meunier, 1907)[3]
  • †Palaeomedeterus languidus (Meunier, 1907)[3]
  • †Palaeomedeterus lassatus (Meunier, 1907)[3]
  • †Palaeomedeterus lentus (Meunier, 1907)[3]

The following species are considered nomina nuda:

  • †Palaeomedeterus meunieri Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999[4] (replacement name for Tipula culiciformis Meunier, 1899 nec Linnaeus, 1758, a nomen nudum)[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 I.Ya. Grichanov; O.P. Negrobov (2018). "Peloropeodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 14 (1): 95–104. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2018-14-1-95-104.
  2. ↑ Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 197–199.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 209–211.
  4. ↑ Meuffels, H. J. G.; Grootaert, Patrick (1999). "New names in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 69: 289–292. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

Evenhuis, N.L. (2 Apr 2014). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.


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