Palaeomedeterus

Palaeomedeterus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber from the Eocene. The genus was first proposed by Fernand Meunier in 1894 with no included species or description, though illustrations were provided for six different unnamed species (making the name Palaeomedeterus available according to the ICZN).[1]

Palaeomedeterus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Peloropeodinae
Genus: †Palaeomedeterus
Meunier, 1894
Type species
Palaeochrysotus ignavus
Meunier, 1907
Synonyms[1]
  • Palaeochrysotus Meunier, 1907[2]
  • Gheynia Meunier, 1899[3]
  • Gheynius Meunier, 1907 (unjustified emendation)

Species

The genus includes the following species:[4]

  • †Palaeomedeterus bifurcatus (Meunier, 1907) (Synonym: Gheynia bifurcata Meunier, 1907)[1]
  • †Palaeomedeterus fessus (Meunier, 1907)
  • †Palaeomedeterus hirsutus (Meunier, 1907)
  • †Palaeomedeterus horridus (Meunier, 1907)
  • †Palaeomedeterus ignavus (Meunier, 1907)
  • †Palaeomedeterus languidus (Meunier, 1907)
  • †Palaeomedeterus lassatus (Meunier, 1907)
  • †Palaeomedeterus lentus (Meunier, 1907)

The following species are considered nomina nuda:

  • †Palaeomedeterus meunieri Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999[5] (replacement name for Tipula culiciformis Meunier, 1899 nec Linnaeus, 1758, a nomen nudum)[1]

References
  1. I.Ya. Grichanov; O.P. Negrobov (2018). "Peloropeodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 14 (1): 95–104. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2018-14-1-95-104.
  2. Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 197–199.
  3. Meunier, F. (1899). "Note sur les Dolichopodidae de l'ambre tertiaire [Dipt.]". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1899: 322–323.
  4. Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidæ de l'ambre de la baltique". Le Naturaliste: Revue illustrée des sciences naturelles. 2 (in French). 21 (29): 209–211.
  5. Meuffels, H. J. G.; Grootaert, Patrick (1999). "New names in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 69: 289–292. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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


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