Micromedetera
Appearance
Micromedetera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Medeterinae (?) |
Genus: | Micromedetera Robinson, 1975[1] |
Type species | |
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
[edit]- Micromedetera archboldi Robinson, 1975[1] – Dominica
- Micromedetera shannoni Robinson, 1975[1] – Panama
- Micromedetera wirthi Robinson, 1975[1] – Jamaica
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f 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 (185): 1–141. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.185. hdl:10088/5375.
- ^ Runyon, Justin B; Robinson, Harold (2010). "Hurleyella, a new genus of Nearctic Dolichopodidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2400: 57–65. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2400.1.6. Retrieved 23 August 2016.