Palaeomedeterus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Peloropeodinae
Genus: †Palaeomedeterus
Species: †P. bifurcatus – †P. cambayensis – †P. fessus – †P. hirsutus – †P. horridus – †P. ignavus – †P. languidus – †P. lassatus – †P. lentus – †P. meunieri – †P. praeconcinnus – †P. tertiarius

Name

Palaeomedeterus Meunier, 1895: 175

Type species: Tipula culiciforme Meunier, 1899 [= Palaeomedeterus meunieri Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999], by subsequent monotypy in Meunier, 1899: 174.

Synonyms

• Gheynia Meunier, 1899: 322 [syn.: Grichanov & Negrobov, 2018: 96]
  • Type species: Gheynia bifurcata Meunier, 1907, by subsequent monotypy in Meunier, 1907: 199. (as "Gheynius bifurcatus")
• Palaeochrysotus Meunier, 1907: 199
  • Type species: Palaeochrysotus horridus Meunier, 1907, by subsequent designation of Spahr, 1985: 36.
• Gheynius Meunier, 1907: 199 (unjustified emendation of Gheynia Meunier, 1899)

References

Primary references

• Grichanov, I.Ya. & Negrobov, O.P. 2018. Peloropeodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 14(1): 95–114. DOI: 10.23885/1814-3326-2018-14-1-95-104 . Reference page.  [Note:: Considers Tipula culiciforme Meunier, 1899 and Palaeomedeterus meunieri Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999 to be nomina nuda; per communication with Evenhuis, this is incorrect]
• Meunier, F. 1895. Les Dolichopodidae de l'ambre tertiaire. Annales de la Société scientifique de Bruxelles (Mémoires) 19: 173–175. Google Books.
• Meunier, F. 1899. Note sur les Dolichopodidae de l'ambre tertiaire [Dipt.]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1899: 322–323 (in French). BHL.
• Meunier, F. 1899. Révision des diptères fossiles types de Loew conservés au Musée Provincial de Koenigsberg. Miscellanea Entomologica 7: 169–182. BHL.
• Meunier, F. 1907. Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique. Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles Sér. 2. 21(29): 197–199 (in French). BHL.

Additional references

• Bickel, D.J., Martin, J., Agnihotri, P. & Singh, H. 2022. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Eocene amber deposits of Cambay and Kutch Basins, India. Palaeoentomology 5(5): 475–486. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.9 . Plazi. Reference page. 
• Grichanov, I.Ya. 2024 (2023). A New Extinct Genus of Long-Legged Flies, with a Brief Review and Key to Extinct Genera of Baltic Amber Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Paleontological Journal 57(Suppl 3): S246–S261. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030123600051 . Reference page. 

Links

• Evenhius, N.L. 2014. Family Dolichopodidae. In: Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. Available at: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/fossdolicho.html. Version 2.0.