Medetera diadema

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: Medeterinae
Tribus: Medeterini
Genus: Medetera
Species: Medetera diadema

Name

Medetera diadema (Linnaeus, 1767)

Holotype: LSL.

Type locality: Europe.

Synonymy

Musca diadema Linnaeus, 1767: 982
Musca rostrata Fabricius, 1775: 783 [syn.: Haliday in Walker, 1851: 219]
- Syntypes: 2 in ZMUC.
- Type locality: Denmark: Hafniae [= Copenhagen].
Medetera carnivora Fischer von Waldheim, 1819: 11
- Holotype: ?ZIN.
- Type locality: not given.
Medeterus rostratus: Meigen, 1824: 61
Hydrophorus aeneivittatus Macquart, 1828: 38
- Syntype: MNHN.
- Type locality: not given [France].
Medeterus aeneivittatus: Meigen, 1838: 156
Medeterus diadema: Haliday in Walker, 1851: 219
Medeterus princeps Wheeler, 1899: 25 [syn. nov.: Bickel, 1985: 50]
- Syntype: AMNH.
- Type locality: USA: New Jersey, Farmingdale.
Medetera ehrenbergi Becker, 1923: 11
- Holotype: ZMHB.
- Type locality: Egypt.

References

Primary references

Becker, T. 1923. Dipterologisch Studien. Dolichopodidae der Aethiopische Region. Entomologische Mitteilungen 12: 1–49. PDF.
Bickel, D.J. 1985. A revision of the Nearctic Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Technical Bulletin (United States Department of Agriculture) 1692: 1–109. DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309598 . Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page.
Fischer von Waldheim, G. 1819. Programme d’invitation à la séance publique de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes, qui aura lieu le 15 décembre. Contenant une notice sur une mouche carnivore, accompagnée d'une planche. Université Imperial, Moscou (Moscow), 11 pp. [not seen]
Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page.
Macquart, J. 1828 ["1827"]. Insectes diptères du Nord de la France. [Tome III]. Platypézines, dolichopodes, empides, hybotides. L. Danel, Lille, 159 pp., 4 pls. BHL.
Meigen, J. 1824. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 4, xi i+ 428 pp., 9 pls. Hamm, Schulz-Wundermann'sche Buchhandlung. BHL. Reference page.
Meigen, J. 1838. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 7, xii+434 pp., 8 pls. Hamm, Schulzische Buchhandlung. BHL. Reference page.
Walker, F. 1851. Insecta Britannica. Diptera. Vol. I. Reeve & Benham, London. 378 pp., 10 pls. BHL.
Wheeler, W.M. 1899. New species of Dolichopodidae from the United States. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (ser. 3) 2 (Zool.) 1–84. BHL.

Additional references

El-Hawagry, M.S.A. 2023. The long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 33: 16. DOI: 10.1186/s41938-023-00661-8 . Reference page.
Negrobov, O.P. 1991. Dolichopodidae. Pp. 11–142. In: Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 7. Dolichopodidae–Platyplezidae. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest. 292 pp. ISBN 0-444-98731-2 (print). ISBN 9780444599940 (e-book). Google Books. Reference page.
Negrobov, O.P. & Naglis, S. 2016. Palaearctic species of the genus Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 25(2): 333–379. DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2016.25.2.333 . Reference page.
Pollet, M.A.A., Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2004. Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 283: 1–114. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:COTDDO>2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/451 . Reference page.