Palaeomedeterus Explained

Palaeomedeterus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber and Cambay amber from the Eocene. The genus was first proposed by Fernand Meunier in 1895 with no included species or description, though illustrations were provided for six different unnamed species (making the name Palaeomedeterus available according to the ICZN).

Species

The genus includes the following species:^[1]

• †Palaeomedeterus bifurcatus (Meunier, 1907) (Synonym: Gheynia bifurcata Meunier, 1907) − Baltic amber, Russia, Eocene
• †Palaeomedeterus cambayensis Bickel in Bickel et al., 2022^[2] − Cambay amber, India, Eocene
• †Palaeomedeterus fessus (Meunier, 1907) − Baltic amber, Russia, Eocene
• †Palaeomedeterus hirsutus (Meunier, 1907) − Baltic amber, Russia, Eocene
• †Palaeomedeterus horridus (Meunier, 1907) − Baltic amber, Russia, Eocene
• †Palaeomedeterus ignavus (Meunier, 1907) − Baltic amber, Russia, Eocene
• †Palaeomedeterus languidus (Meunier, 1907) − Baltic amber, Russia, Eocene
• †Palaeomedeterus lassatus (Meunier, 1907) − Baltic amber, Russia, Eocene
• †Palaeomedeterus lentus (Meunier, 1907) − Baltic amber, Russia, Eocene
• †Palaeomedeterus meunieri Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999^[3] (replacement name for Tipula culiciformis Meunier, 1899 nec Linnaeus, 1758) − Baltic amber, Eocene

References

Web site: Evenhuis. N.L.. 2 Apr 2014. Family Dolichopodidae. Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.

Notes and References

1. Meunier. F.. 1907. Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la Baltique. Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2. 21. 29. 209–211. French.
2. Bickel . D. J. . Martin . J. . Agnihotri . P. . Singh . H. . Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Eocene amber deposits of Cambay and Kutch Basins, India . 2022 . Palaeoentomology . 5 . 5 . 475–486 . 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.9 . 252472963 .
3. Meuffels. H. J. G.. Grootaert. Patrick. New names in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 1999. 69. 289-292. 30 March 2018.