Paramedetera is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[1] It is distributed from southern China and Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea, with a single species from the Afrotropical realm.[2] It is placed in the subfamily Medeterinae, though molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest it may not belong in that subfamily.[3] Unlike most members of Medeterinae, which are arboreal, Paramedetera is soil-dwelling and lives near aquatic habitats.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
| Genus: | Paramedetera Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997[1] |
| Type species | |
| Paramedetera papuensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997[1]
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Species edit
- Paramedetera ankarum Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Thailand, Singapore
- Paramedetera borneensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Brunei
- Paramedetera bruneiensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Brunei
- Paramedetera chelata Grootaert, 2006[2] – Singapore
- Paramedetera digitata Grootaert, 2006[2] – Singapore
- Paramedetera elongata Zhu, Yang & Grootaert, 2006[2] – China
- Paramedetera horrorifera Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Thailand
- Paramedetera jinxiuensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001[4] – China (Guangxi)
- Paramedetera medialis Yang & Saigusa, 1999 – China (Henan)
- Paramedetera micropyga Grootaert, 2006[2] – Singapore
- Paramedetera obscura Grootaert, 2006[2] – Singapore
- Paramedetera orientalis (Hollis, 1976)[1] – Sumatra
- Paramedetera papuensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997[1] – Papua New Guinea
- Paramedetera sierraleonensis Grichanov, 1999 – Sierra Leone
- Paramedetera sumatrensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997[1] – Sumatra
- Paramedetera turschi Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 – Thailand
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Grootaert, P.; Meuffels, H. J. G. (1997). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. 14. Paramedetera, a new genus in the Medeterinae". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 11 (2): 309–319. doi:10.1071/IT96001.
- ^ a b c d e f g Grootaert, P. (2006). "The genus Paramedetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in Singapore, with a key to the Oriental species" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 54 (1): 49–57. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Pollet, M.; Germann, C.; Bernasconi, M.V. (2011). "Phylogenetic analyses using molecular markers reveal ecological lineages in Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). The Canadian Entomologist. 143 (6): 662–673. doi:10.4039/n11-031. S2CID 85695138.
- ^ Zhu, Y.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2006). "A new species of Paramedetera, with a key to species from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Annales Zoologici. 56 (2): 323–326. doi:10.3161/000345406778700784 (inactive 31 January 2024).
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