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]

Medetera truncorum
Medetera truncorum North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Genus: Medetera
Species:
M. truncorum
Binomial name
Medetera truncorum
Meigen, 1824

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

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Parent, O. (1938) Diptères Dolichopodidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 35 . 720 p., 1. 002 fig. Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  4. ^ 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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