Medeterinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Medeterinae
Tribus: Medeterini – Systenini – Thrypticini – Udzungwomyiini

Genera (20 + 5†): Asioligochaetus – Atlatlia – Corindia – Craterophorus – Cyrturella – Demetera – Dolichophorus – Grootaertia – Maipomyia – Medetera – Medeterella – Neomedetera – Nikitella – Paramedetera – Pharcoura – Protomedetera – Saccopheronta – Systenus – Thrypticus – Udzungwomyia – †Medeterites – †Palaeosystenus – †Paleothrypticus – †Salishomyia – †Systenites
Name

Medeterinae Lioy, 1864: 766
Synonyms

Systeninae Robinson, 1970 [synonymized by Bickel (1986): 269]

References
Primary references

Bickel, D.J. 1986. Australian species of Systenus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Records of the Australian Museum 38(5): 263–270. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.350 Open access. Reference page.
Lioy, P. 1863–1864. I ditteri distribuiti secondo un nuovo metodo di classificazione naturale. Atti dell'I. R. Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (3): 9: 187–236 (1863), 499–518, 569–604, 719–771, 879–910, 989–1027, 1087–1126, 1311–1352 (1864); 10: 59–84. Reference page.
Robinson, H. 1970. The subfamilies of the family Dolichopodidae in North and South America (Diptera). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 23(6): 53–62. Reference page. [not seen]

Additional references

Bickel, D.J. 1986. Atlatlia, a new genus of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Australia. Entomologica Scandinavica 17(2): 165–171. DOI: 10.1163/187631286X00369 Paywall. Reference page.
Bickel, D.J. 1986. Thrypticus and an allied new genus, Corindia, from Australia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Records of the Australian Museum 38(3): 135–151. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.179 Open access. Reference page.
Bickel, D.J. 1992 (imprint 1991). Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae. Fauna of New Zealand 23: 1–74. DOI: 10.7931/J2/FNZ.23 Open access. Reference page.
Bickel, D.J. 2004. Maipomyia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from Chile. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106(4): 844–850. Internet Archive BHL. Reference page.
Bickel, D.J. 2007. Pharcoura (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from Chile. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 150(1): 5–12. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-900000207 Open access. PDF. Reference page.
Greenwalt, D.E., Bickel, D.J., Kerr, P.H., Curler, G.R., Brown, B.V., de Jong, H., Fitzgerald, S.J., Dikow, T., Tkoč, M., Kehlmaier, C. & Amorim, D. de S. 2019. Diptera of the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. I. Documentation of diversity at the family level. Palaeontologia Electronica 22.2.50: 1–56. DOI: 10.26879/891 Open access. Reference page.
Grichanov, I.Ya. 1999. A brief review of the Afrotropical fauna of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with descriptions of a new genus and new species. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 69: 87–112. PDF Online
Grichanov, I.Ya. 2011. Three new genera of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Old World Tropics and Australasia. Far Eastern entomologist (225): 1–16. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Grichanov, I.Ya. 2018. A new genus and species of subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tanzania. Far Eastern Entomologist 350: 9–16. DOI: 10.25221/fee.350.2 Open access. Reference page.
Grichanov, I.Ya. 2019. Discovery of Udzungwomyia Grichanov in South Africa and definition of a new tribe, Udzungwomyiini (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 49(2): 267–275. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3562003 Open access. PDF. Reference page.
Grichanov, I.Ya., Negrobov, O.P. & Selivanova, O.V. 2014. Two new genera of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber and some new combinations. Russian entomological journal 23(1): 61–70. PDF. Reference page.
Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1997. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. XIV. Paramedetera, a new genus in the Medeterinae. Invertebrate taxonomy 11(2): 309–319. DOI: 10.1071/IT96001
Negrobov, O.P. 1986. О системе и филогении двукрылых сем. Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (in Russian). 65(1): 182–186. Zip-compressed PDF.
Ngô-Muller, V., Garrouste, R. & Nel, A. 2020. The oldest long-legged fly of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Early Eocene of France. Palaeoentomology 3(2): 173–179. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.2.6 Paywall. Reference page.
Tang, C-F., Grootaert, P. & Yang, D. 2018. Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137–151. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.743.22696. Open access Reference page.
Zhu, Y., Yang, D. & Grootaert, P. 2007. Neomedetera, a new genus in the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China. Annales zoologici 57(2): 227–230. Abstract.

Medeterinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1]
Genera

Atlatlia Bickel, 1986[2]
Cryptopygiella Robinson, 1975[3]
Dominicomyia Robinson, 1975[3]
Grootaertia Grichanov, 1999[4]
Hurleyella Runyon & Robinson, 2010 (subfamily incertae sedis)
†Medeterites Grichanov, 2010[5]
Microchrysotus Robinson, 1964[6]
Microcyrtura Robinson, 1964[6]
Micromedetera Robinson, 1975[3]
†Paleothrypticus Ngô-Muller, Garrouste & Nel, 2020[7]
Papallacta Bickel, 2006[8]
Pharcoura Bickel, 2007[9]
Pindaia Bickel, 2014[10]
Protomedetera Tang, Grootaert & Yang, 2018[11]
†Salishomyia Bickel, 2019[12]
Tribe Medeterini Lioy, 1864
Asioligochaetus Negrobov, 1966[13]
Craterophorus Lamb, 1921[14]
Cyrturella Collin, 1952[15]
Demetera Grichanov, 2011[16]
Dolichophorus Lichtwardt, 1902[17]
Medetera Fischer von Waldheim, 1819[18]
Medeterella Grichanov, 2011[16]
Nikitella Grichanov, 2011[16]
Paramedetera Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997[19]
Saccopheronta Becker, 1914[20] (sometimes a synonym of Medetera)
Tribe Systenini Robinson, 1970
Euxiphocerus Parent, 1935[21]
†Palaeosystenus Grichanov, Negrobov & Selivanova, 2014[22]
†Systenites Grichanov, Negrobov & Selivanova, 2014[22]
Systenomorphus Grichanov, 2010[23]
Systenoneurus Grichanov, 2010[23]
Systenus Loew, 1857
Tribe Thrypticini Negrobov, 1986[24]
Corindia Bickel, 1986[25]
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 1864[25]
Tribe Udzungwomyiini Grichanov, 2019[26]
Maipomyia Bickel, 2004[27]
Neomedetera Zhu, Yang & Grootaert, 2007[28]
Udzungwomyia Grichanov, 2018[29]

References

Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
Bickel, D. J. (1986). "Atlatlia, a new genus of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Australia". Entomologica Scandinavica. 17 (2): 165–171. doi:10.1163/187631286x00369.
Robinson, Harold (1975). "Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica. The Family Dolichopodidae with Some Related Antillean and Panamanian Species (Diptera)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 185: 1–141. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.185. hdl:10088/5375.
Grichanov, I. Y. (1999). "A brief review of the Afrotropical fauna of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of a new genus and new species" (PDF). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 69: 87–112.
Grichanov, I. Ya. (2010). "A new genus of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 6 (2): 209–212. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2010-6-2-209-212.
Robinson, H. E. (1964). "Two new genera of Dolichopodidae from Mexico (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 66: 242–252.
Ngô-Muller, Valerie; Garrouste, Romain; Nel, André (2020). "The oldest long-legged fly of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Early Eocene of France". Palaeoentomology. 3 (2): 173–179. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.2.6.
Bickel, D. (2006). "Papallacta (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new stenopterous genus from the páramo of Ecuador" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 149 (2): 209–213. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000201.
Bickel, D. (2007). "Pharcoura (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from Chile" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 150: 5–12. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000207.
Bickel, D. (2014). "Pindaia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) a new genus from New Caledonia and Australia". In Guilbert, É.; Grandcolas, P.; Jourdan, H.; Robillard, T. (eds.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 8. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Vol. 206. pp. 209–218. eISSN 1768-305X. ISSN 1243-4442.
Tang, C.; Grootaert, P.; Yang, D. (2018). "Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae)". ZooKeys (743): 137–151. doi:10.3897/zookeys.743.22696. PMC 5904401. PMID 29670439.
Greenwalt, Dale E.; Bickel, Daniel J.; Kerr, Peter H.; Curler, Gregory R.; Brown, Brian V.; de Jong, Herman; Fitzgerald, Scott J.; Dikow, Torsten; Tkoč, Michal; Kehlmaier, Christian; Amorim, Dalton De Souza (2019). "Diptera of the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. I. Documentation of diversity at the family level" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. 22 (2.50A): 1–56. doi:10.26879/891.
Grichanov, I. Ya. (2009). "Review of the genus Dolichophorus Lichtward, 1902 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae)" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (201): 1–16.
Lamb, C. G. (1921). "an unusual type of male-secondary sexual characters in Diptera". Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 20: 475–477. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
Collin, J. E. (1952). "Two new names in the Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". The Entomologist. 85: 142.
Grichanov, I. Ya. (2011). "THREE NEW GENERA OF MEDETERINAE (DIPTERA: DOLICHOPODIDAE) FROM OLD WORLD TROPICS AND AUSTRALASIA" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (225): 1–16.
Lichtwardt, B. (1902). "Neue ungarische Dolichopodiden (Diptera)" (PDF). Természetrajzi Füzetek. 25: 197–200. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
Fischer von Waldheim, Johann (1819). "G. 1819. ... une notice sur d'une mouche carnivore, accompagnee d'une planche". Université Impériale, Moscou: 11 pp., 1 pl.
Grootaert, P.; Meuffels, H. J. G. (1997). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. 14. Paramedetera, a new genus in the Medeterinae". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 11: 309–319. doi:10.1071/it96001.
Becker, T. (1914). "Diptères nouveaux récoltés par MM. Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 83: 120–130. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
Parent, Octave (1935). "Dipteres Dolichopodides du Congo Belge. Nouvelle contribution". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 27: 112–129.
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.
Grichanov, I.Ya. (2010). "Two new genera of Systenini from South Africa and Madagascar (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Medeterinae)". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 21 (1): 79–90.
Негробов, О.П. (1986). "О системе и филогении двукрылых сем. Dolichopodidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Энтомологическое обозрение (in Russian). 65 (1): 182–186.
Bickel, D. J. (1986). "Thrypticus and an allied new genus, Corindia, from Australia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 38 (3): 135–151. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.179.
Grichanov, I.Ya. (2019). "Discovery of Udzungwomyia Grichanov in South Africa and definition of a new tribe, Udzungwomyiini (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Israel Journal of Entomology. 49 (2): 267–275.
Bickel, D. J. (2004). "Maipomyia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from Chile". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. The Entomological Society of Washington. 106: 844–850. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
Zhu, Y.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2007). "Neomedetera, a new genus in the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China". Annales Zoologici. 57 (2): 227–230.
Grichanov, I. Ya. (2018). "A new genus and species of subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tanzania" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 350 (350): 9–16. doi:10.25221/fee.350.2.