Plesiomedetera

Plesiomedetera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Medeterinae
Genus:	Plesiomedetera; Grichanov, 2024
Type species
	Medetera mustela; Meunier, 1907

Plesiomedetera is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber from the Eocene. It was established to house seven species that were described by Fernand Meunier between 1907 and 1908; five of them were originally placed in Medetera, and two of them were placed in Chrysotus.

Species

Plesiomedetera decora (Meunier, 1907) (= Chrysotus decorus Meunier, 1907)
Plesiomedetera elegantula (Meunier, 1907) (= Medetera elegantula Meunier, 1907)
Plesiomedetera flammea (Meunier, 1907) (= Medetera flammea Meunier, 1907)
Plesiomedetera lasciva (Meunier, 1907) (= Medetera lasciva Meunier, 1907) (doubtful)
Plesiomedetera lepida (Meunier, 1907) (= Chrysotus lepidus Meunier, 1907)
Plesiomedetera mustela (Meunier, 1907) (= Medetera mustela Meunier, 1907)
Plesiomedetera vana (Meunier, 1907) (= Medetera vana Meunier, 1907)

References

1 2 Grichanov, I. Ya. (2024). "A New Extinct Genus of Long-Legged Flies, with a Brief Review and Key to Extinct Genera of Baltic Amber Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Paleontological Journal. 57 (3 supplement): S246–S261. doi:10.1134/S0031030123600051.

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[Plesiomedetera-1] 1 2 Grichanov, I. Ya. (2024). "A New Extinct Genus of Long-Legged Flies, with a Brief Review and Key to Extinct Genera of Baltic Amber Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Paleontological Journal. 57 (3 supplement): S246–S261. doi:10.1134/S0031030123600051.