Medetera truncorum
| Medetera truncorum | |
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| Medetera truncorum North Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Genus: | Medetera |
| Species: | M. truncorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Medetera truncorum Meigen, 1824
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Medetera truncorum is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is widely distributed in the Western Palaearctic.[1][2][3] It also occurs in the Pacific Northwest in North America, where it may be an introduced species.[4]
In Bickel (1985)'s revision of the genus Medetera in the Nearctic realm, M. truncorum is included as a member of the diadema-veles species group.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
- ^ Parent, O. (1938) Diptères Dolichopodidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 35 . 720 p., 1. 002 fig. Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
- ^ a b Bickel, D. J. (1985). "A revision of the Nearctic Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Technical Bulletin (1692). United States Department of Agriculture: 1–109. doi:10.22004/ag.econ.309598. ISSN 0082-9811.
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