Palaeosystenus

Palaeosystenus; Temporal range: Upper Eocene–Lower Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Medeterinae
Tribe:	Systenini
Genus:	† Palaeosystenus ; Grichanov, Negrobov & Selivanova, 2014
Species:	†P. succinorum
Binomial name
	†Palaeosystenus succinorum; (Meunier, 1907)
Synonyms
	Argyra succinorum(Meunier, 1907); Porphyrops succinorumMeunier, 1907;

Last updated August 07, 2025

Palaeosystenus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber. It contains only one species, Palaeosystenus succinorum.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 Grichanov, I. Ya.; Negrobov, O. P.; Selivanova, O. V. (2014). "Two new genera of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber and some new combinations" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 23 (1): 61–70. doi:10.15298/rusentj.23.1.08.
↑ 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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[Grichanov2014-1] 1 2 Grichanov, I. Ya.; Negrobov, O. P.; Selivanova, O. V. (2014). "Two new genera of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber and some new combinations" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 23 (1): 61–70. doi:10.15298/rusentj.23.1.08.

[Plesiomedetera-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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