Palaeosystenus is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber. It contains only one species, Palaeosystenus succinorum.[1]

Palaeosystenus
Temporal range: Upper Eocene–Lower Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Tribe: Systenini
Genus: Palaeosystenus
Grichanov, Negrobov & Selivanova, 2014[1]
Species:
P. succinorum
Binomial name
Palaeosystenus succinorum
(Meunier, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Argyra succinorum (Meunier, 1907)
  • Porphyrops succinorum Meunier, 1907

References

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  1. ^ a b Grichanov, I. Ya.; Negrobov, O. P.; Selivanova, O. V. (2014). "Two new genera of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber and some new combinations" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 23 (1): 61–70. doi:10.15298/rusentj.23.1.08.