Medetera apicalis is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found in Europe and North America.[1][3][4][5] This species is more common in old-growth forest habitats, where it can be found beneath bark or on the fruiting bodies of wood-decaying fungi such as Fomitopsis pinicola. [6]

Medetera apicalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Genus: Medetera
Species:
M. apicalis
Binomial name
Medetera apicalis
(Zetterstedt, 1843)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Hydrophorus apicalis Zetterstedt, 1843
  • Medeterus aurivittatus Wheeler, 1899
  • Medeterus caerulescens Malloch, 1919
  • Medeterus distinctus Van Duzee, 1919
  • Medeterus frontalis Van Duzee, 1919
  • Medeterus bicolor Van Duzee, 1923
    (nec Meigen, 1838)
  • Medeterus parvus Van Duzee, 1923
  • Medeterus ciliatus Van Duzee, 1928
  • Medeterus simplicipes Curran, 1928
  • Medeterus venatus Curran, 1928
  • Medetera orbiculata Van Duzee, 1932
  • Medetera albiciliata Van Duzee, 1933
  • Medetera arctica Van Duzee, 1933

References

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  1. ^ a b "Medetera apicalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ Negrobov, O.P.; Naglis, S. (2016). "Palaearctic species of the genus Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zoosystematica Rossica. 25 (2): 333–379. doi:10.31610/zsr/2016.25.2.333.
  3. ^ "Medetera apicalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2004 (283): 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:COTDDO>2.0.CO;2.
  5. ^ Jonsson, Mattias; Nordlander, Göran (January 2006). "Insect Colonisation of Fruiting Bodies of the Wood-decaying Fungus Fomitopsis pinicola at Different Distances from an Old-growth Forest". Biodiversity and Conservation. 15 (1): 295–309. Bibcode:2006BiCon..15..295J. doi:10.1007/s10531-005-1536-3.

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