Medetera petrophiloides

Medetera petrophiloides
Medetera petrophiloides North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Genus: Medetera
Species:
M. petrophiloides
Binomial name
Medetera petrophiloides
Parent, 1925

Medetera petrophiloides is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

Medetera petrophiloides was treated as a junior synonym of Medetera petrophila by Grichanov (2002), but Negrobov (2010) gives arguments for retaining it as a valid species.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  3. ↑ Parent, O. (1938) Diptères Dolichopodidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 35 . 720 p., 1. 002 fig. Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  4. ↑ Negrobov, O.P. (2010). "Notes on the status of some species of the Medetera jacula group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 2417: 66–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2417.1.4.