Protomedetera

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Protomedetera
Protomedetera singaporensis (10.3897-zookeys.743.22696) Figure 9.jpg
Protomedetera singaporensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: Protomedetera
Tang, Grootaert & Yang, 2018 [1]
Type species
Protomedetera singaporensis
Grootaert & Tang, 2018 [1]

Protomedetera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus contains four species, and is found in Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Malaysia. [1]

The generic name is a combination of proto and Medetera, referring to the genus looking like a small and simplified Medetera . [1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tang, C.; Grootaert, P.; Yang, D. (2018). "Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae)". ZooKeys (743): 137–151. Bibcode:2018ZooK..743..137T. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.743.22696 . PMC   5904401 . PMID   29670439.