| Micromedetera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Medeterinae (?) |
| Genus: | Micromedetera Robinson, 1975 |
| Type species | |
| Micromedetera archboldi Robinson, 1975 | |
Micromedetera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Caribbean and Panama. 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.
