Paramedetera

Paramedetera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Medeterinae
Genus:	Paramedetera; Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997
Type species
	Paramedetera papuensis; Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997

Paramedetera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed from southern China and Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea, with a single species from the Afrotropical realm. It is placed in the subfamily Medeterinae, though molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest it may not belong in that subfamily. Unlike most members of Medeterinae, which are arboreal, Paramedetera is soil-dwelling and lives near aquatic habitats.

Species

Paramedetera ankarum Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Thailand, Singapore
Paramedetera borneensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Brunei
Paramedetera bruneiensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Brunei
Paramedetera chelata Grootaert, 2006 – Singapore
Paramedetera digitata Grootaert, 2006 – Singapore
Paramedetera elongata Zhu, Yang & Grootaert, 2006 – China
Paramedetera horrorifera Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Thailand
Paramedetera jinxiuensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001 – China (Guangxi)
Paramedetera medialis Yang & Saigusa, 1999 – China (Henan)
Paramedetera micropyga Grootaert, 2006 – Singapore
Paramedetera obscura Grootaert, 2006 – Singapore
Paramedetera orientalis (Hollis, 1976) – Sumatra
Paramedetera papuensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Papua New Guinea
Paramedetera sierraleonensis Grichanov, 1999 – Sierra Leone
Paramedetera sumatrensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Sumatra
Paramedetera turschi Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Thailand

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Grootaert, P.; Meuffels, H. J. G. (1997). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. 14. Paramedetera, a new genus in the Medeterinae". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 11 (2): 309–319. doi:10.1071/IT96001.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Grootaert, P. (2006). "The genus Paramedetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in Singapore, with a key to the Oriental species" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 54 (1): 49–57. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
↑ Pollet, M.; Germann, C.; Bernasconi, M.V. (2011). "Phylogenetic analyses using molecular markers reveal ecological lineages in Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). The Canadian Entomologist. 143 (6): 662–673. doi:10.4039/n11-031. S2CID 85695138.
↑ Zhu, Y.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2006). "A new species of Paramedetera, with a key to species from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Annales Zoologici. 56 (2): 323–326. doi:10.3161/000345406778700784 (inactive 12 July 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)

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[Grootaert1997b-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Grootaert, P.; Meuffels, H. J. G. (1997). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. 14. Paramedetera, a new genus in the Medeterinae". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 11 (2): 309–319. doi:10.1071/IT96001.

[Grootaert2006-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Grootaert, P. (2006). "The genus Paramedetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in Singapore, with a key to the Oriental species" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 54 (1): 49–57. Retrieved 20 December 2015.

[3] Pollet, M.; Germann, C.; Bernasconi, M.V. (2011). "Phylogenetic analyses using molecular markers reveal ecological lineages in Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). The Canadian Entomologist. 143 (6): 662–673. doi:10.4039/n11-031. S2CID 85695138.

[Zhu2006-4] Zhu, Y.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2006). "A new species of Paramedetera, with a key to species from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Annales Zoologici. 56 (2): 323–326. doi:10.3161/000345406778700784 (inactive 12 July 2025).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)