''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of

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larvae. A 2011 phylogenetic analysis of ''Medetera'' and related genera found that ''Medetera'' is

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with respect to ''

Dolichophorus ''Dolichophorus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. A 2011 phylogenetic analysis of '' Medetera'' and related genera found that ''Dolichophorus'' is closely related to the ''Medetera aberrans'' and ''Medetera melanesiana'' speci ...

'', and that ''

Thrypticus ''Thrypticus'' is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. There are about 90 described species in ''Thrypticus''. All known larvae of the genus are phytophagous stem-miners of plants in the families Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Junc ...

'' is a sister taxon to ''Medetera'' + ''Dolichophorus''.

Species

Taxonomy follows Bickel (1985, 1987), though some of the species groups are treated as separate genera by other authors. * ''nova'' species group: ** '' Medetera dominicensis'' Robinson, 1975 ** ''

Medetera nova ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Van Duzee, 1919 ** ''

Medetera xanthotricha ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

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, 1922 ** one undescribed species from Chiapas, Mexico * ''isobellae'' species group: ** ''

Medetera isobellae ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Bickel, 1985 ** ''

Medetera pseudonigripes ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Robinson, 1975 * ''petulca'' species group: ** ''

Medetera aeneiventris ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Van Duzee, 1933 ** ''

Medetera aequalis ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Van Duzee, 1919 ** ''

Medetera albescens ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' ( Parent, 1925) ** (?)''

Medetera araneipes ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' ( Parent, 1929) ** ''

Medetera chrysotimiformis ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Kowarz, 1868 ** '' Medetera dorycondylus'' Bickel, 1985 ** '' Medetera falcata'' Van Duzee, 1919 ** '' Medetera flavirostris'' Negrobov, 1966 ** '' Medetera leucarista''

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, 1947 ** (?)'' Medetera perplexa'' (

, 1917) (sometimes a synonym of ''

Acropsilus niger ''Acropsilus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae. Species The genus c ...

'' ( Loew, 1869)) ** '' Medetera petulca''

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, 1899 ** '' Medetera physothrix'' Bickel, 1985 ** '' Medetera platythrix'' Bickel, 1985 ** '' Medetera postminima'' Steyskal, 1967 ** '' Medetera potomac'' Bickel, 1985 ** '' Medetera prjachinae'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera similis'' Van Duzee, 1919 ** '' Medetera vlasovi'' (

, 1937): see ''

Asioligochaetus ''Asioligochaetus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains only one species, ''Asioligochaetus vlasovi'', which is distributed in Central Asia. The genus was originally proposed as a subgenus of '' Medetera'' by Oleg Neg ...

'' ** '' Medetera walschaertsi'' Gosseries, 1989 (nom. nov. for ''Medetera alpina'' Harmston & Knowlton, 1941) ** (?)'' Medetera turkestanica'' (

, 1926) ** '' Medetera turkmenorum'' (

, 1937) ** '' Medetera utahensis'' Bickel, 1985 ** '' Medetera xerophila''

, 1899 ** '' Medetera zimini'' Negrobov, 1966 * ''aberrans'' species group (= '' Saccopheronta'' Becker, 1914): ** '' Medetera aberrans''

, 1899 ** '' Medetera abrupta'' Van Duzee, 1919 ** '' Medetera albitarsis'' Van Duzee, 1931 ** †''

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'' Bickel & Kraemer, 2016 ** '' Medetera amplimanus'' Van Duzee, 1931 ** '' Medetera archboldi'' Robinson, 1975 ** '' Medetera bella'' Van Duzee, 1929 **'' Medetera caffra''

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, 1927 ** '' Medetera dilatata''

, 1922 ** '' Medetera excavata''

, 1922 ** '' Medetera flabellifera''

, 1922 ** '' Medetera flavides'' Negrobov & Thuneberg, 1970 ** '' Medetera gomwa'' Bickel, 1987 **'' Medetera hirsuticosta'' ( Parent, 1935) ** '' Medetera jamaicensis''

, 1928 ** '' Medetera johnthomasi'' Bickel & Arnaud, 2011 ** '' Medetera kandyensis'' Naglis & Bickel, 2012 ** '' Medetera luzonensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera maai'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera metallina''

, 1922 ** '' Medetera mindanensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera minor''

, 1922 ** '' Medetera montserratensis'' Runyon, 2020 **'' Medetera nigra'' (Vanschuytbroeck, 1960) ** '' Medetera nigrimanus'' Van Duzee, 1931 **'' Medetera nudipes'' (

, 1914) ** '' Medetera occidentalis'' Schiner, 1868 ** '' Medetera ovata'' Van Duzee, 1931 ** '' Medetera pallidicornis'' Van Duzee, 1929 **'' Medetera parvilamellata'' ( Parent, 1938) ** '' Medetera pedestris''

, 1922 ** '' Medetera peradeniya'' Naglis & Bickel, 2012 ** '' Medetera planipes'' Van Duzee, 1919 ** '' Medetera platychira''

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, 1916 ** '' Medetera pollinosa'' Van Duzee, 1929 **'' Medetera pulchra'' (Vanschuytbroeck, 1951) **'' Medetera quinta'' ( Parent, 1936) ** '' Medetera scaura'' Van Duzee, 1929 ** '' Medetera setosa'' Parent, 1931 ** '' Medetera spinulata'' Parent, 1931 ** '' Medetera steyskali'' Robinson, 1975 ** '' Medetera tarsata'' Parent, 1931 ** '' Medetera tritarsa'' Parent, 1928 ** '' Medetera varipes'' Van Duzee, 1929 ** '' Medetera viridiventris'' Van Duzee, 1933 ** '' Medetera vockerothi'' Bickel, 1985 * ''melanesiana'' species group (= ''

Demetera ''Demetera'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains eight species formerly included in '' Medetera'' in the ''M. melanesiana'' species group. The species are found in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian Australa ...

'' Grichanov, 2011): ** '' Medetera demeteri'' ( Grichanov, 1997) ** '' Medetera kokodensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera macalpinei'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera malaisei'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera melanesiana'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera morobensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera niuginiensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera rhetheura'' Bickel, 1987 * ''signaticornis''-''pinicola'' species group: ** ''signaticornis'' species subgroup: *** '' Medetera aldrichi''

, 1899 *** '' Medetera bistriata'' Parent, 1929 *** '' Medetera flinflon'' Bickel, 1985 *** '' Medetera signaticornis'' Loew, 1857 *** '' Medetera subsignaticornis'' Bickel, 1985 **''pinicola'' species subgroup: *** '' Medetera adjaniae'' Gosseries, 1989 (nom. nov. for ''Medetera breviseta'' Parent, 1927) *** '' Medetera fascinator'' Negrobov &

, 1972 *** '' Medetera fumida'' Negrobov, 1967 *** '' Medetera gaspensis'' Bickel, 1985 *** '' Medetera kinabaluensis'' Bickel, 1987 *** '' Medetera maura''

, 1899 *** '' Medetera melancholica'' Lundbeck, 1912 *** '' Medetera neomelancholia'' Bickel, 1985 *** '' Medetera obscura'' (

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, 1838) *** '' Medetera occultans'' Negrobov, 1970 *** '' Medetera pinicola'' Kowarz, 1878 *** '' Medetera polonica'' Negrobov & Capecki, 1977 *** '' Medetera ravida'' Negrobov, 1970 *** '' Medetera vidua''

, 1899 * ''apicalis'' species group: ** '' Medetera abstrusa'' Thuneberg, 1955 ** '' Medetera acanthura'' Negrobov & Thuneberg, 1970 ** '' Medetera albens'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 ** '' Medetera apicalis'' (

, 1843) ** '' Medetera apicipes''

, 1916 ** '' Medetera austroapicalis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera baicalica'' Negrobov, 1972 ** '' Medetera belgica'' Parent, 1936 ** '' Medetera betulae'' Ringdahl, 1949 ** '' Medetera bisecta'' Negrobov, 1967 ** '' Medetera bisetifera'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 ** '' Medetera borealis'' Thuneberg, 1955 ** '' Medetera chandleri'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera curviloba'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera cuspidata'' Collin, 1941 ** '' Medetera cyanogaster''

, 1899 ** '' Medetera delita'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera exornata'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2015 ** '' Medetera feminina'' Negrobov, 1967 ** '' Medetera fissa'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera furcata''

, 1928 ** '' Medetera furva'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2015 ** '' Medetera glauca'' Loew, 1869 ** '' Medetera gracilicauda'' Parent, 1927 ** '' Medetera himalayensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera hissarica'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera incisa'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera impigra'' Collin, 1941 ** '' Medetera kowarzi'' Negrobov, 1972 ** '' Medetera liwo'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera longinervis'' Van Duzee, 1928 ** '' Medetera longitarsis''

, 1916 ** '' Medetera morgei'' Negrobov, 1971 ** '' Medetera nepalensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera pallipes'' (

, 1843) ** '' Medetera palmaris'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera parenti''

, 1925 ** '' Medetera peloria'' Negrobov, 1967 ** '' Medetera pseudoapicalis'' Thuneberg, 1955 ** '' Medetera pseudosibirica'' Bickel, 1985 ** '' Medetera pumila''

, 1916 ** '' Medetera relicta'' Negrobov, 1967 ** '' Medetera saguaroicola'' Bickel, 1985 ** '' Medetera seguyi'' Parent, 1926 *** ''Medetera seguyi seguyi'' Parent, 1926 *** ''Medetera seguyi sphaeroidea'' Negrobov, 1967 ** '' Medetera sibirica'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera stomias'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera subtristis'' Negrobov, 1970 ** '' Medetera takagii'' Negrobov, 1970 ** '' Medetera taurica'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera triseta'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 ** '' Medetera tristis'' (

, 1838) ** '' Medetera tumidula'' Negrobov, 1967 ** '' Medetera zaitzevi'' Negrobov, 1972 * ''crassivenis'' species group: ** '' Medetera asiatica'' Negrobov & Zaitzev, 1979 ** '' Medetera crassivenis''

, 1928 ** '' Medetera excellens''

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, 1909 ** '' Medetera freyi'' Thuneberg, 1955 ** '' Medetera incrassata''

, 1909 ** '' Medetera infuscata'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera inspissata'' Collin, 1952 ** '' Medetera marylandica'' Robinson, 1967 ** '' Medetera protuberans'' Negrobov, 1967 ** '' Medetera thunebergi'' Negrobov, 1967 ** '' Medetera tuberculosa'' Negrobov, 1972 * ''diadema''-''veles'' species group: ** '' Medetera ambigua'' (

, 1843) ** '' Medetera armeniaca'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera arnaudi'' Harmston, 1951 ** '' Medetera californiensis''

, 1899 ** '' Medetera canadensis'' Bickel, 1985 ** '' Medetera capillata'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera dendrobaena'' Kowarz, 1877 ** '' Medetera deserticola'' (

, 1926) ** ''

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'' ( Linnaeus, 1767) ** '' Medetera flava'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 ** '' Medetera flavipes'' Meigen, 1824 ** '' Medetera ganshuiensis'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 ** '' Medetera grisescens''

, 1916 ** '' Medetera halteralis'' Van Duzee, 1919 ** '' Medetera infumata'' Loew, 1857 ** ''

Medetera jacula ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' ( Fallén, 1823) ** '' Medetera kerzhneri'' Negrobov, 1966 ** '' Medetera lamprostoma'' Loew, 1871 ** '' Medetera lihuae'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 ** '' Medetera micacea'' Loew, 1857 ** '' Medetera mixta'' Negrobov, 1967 ** '' Medetera modesta'' Van Duzee, 1914 ** '' Medetera mongolica'' Negrobov, 1966 ** '' Medetera montana'' Negrobov, 1972 ** '' Medetera nebulosa'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera nigripes'' Loew, 1861 ** '' Medetera opaca''

, 1916 ** '' Medetera paralamprostoma'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera pavlovskii'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera petrophila'' Kowarz, 1878 ** '' Medetera plumbella'' Meigen, 1824 ** '' Medetera shiae'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 ** '' Medetera shuimogouensis'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 ** '' Medetera spinulicauda'' Negrobov, 1970 ** '' Medetera sinuosa'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2015 ** '' Medetera stylata'' Negrobov &

, 1972 ** '' Medetera subgrisescens'' Naglis & Bickel, 2012 ** '' Medetera tenuicauda'' Loew, 1857 ** '' Medetera transformata'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 ** '' Medetera truncorum'' Meigen, 1824 ** '' Medetera tuktoyaktuk'' Bickel, 1985 ** '' Medetera veles'' Loew, 1861 ** '' Medetera victoris'' Negrobov, 1972 ** '' Medetera vittata'' Van Duzee, 1919 ** '' Medetera xiquegouensis'' Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016 * ''chillcotti'' species group: ** '' Medetera bishopae'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera chillcotti'' Bickel, 1987 * ''australiana'' species group: ** '' Medetera australiana'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera mosmanensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera queenslandensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera wongabelensis'' Bickel, 1987 * ''toxopeusi'' species group: ** '' Medetera cheesmanae'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera gressitti'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera irianensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera papuensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera toxopeusi'' Parent, 1932) ** '' Medetera vivida''

, 1922 ** '' Medetera waris'' Bickel, 1987 * ''gracilis'' species group: ** '' Medetera borneensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera gracilis'' Parent, 1935 ** '' Medetera penangensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera sandakanensis'' Bickel, 1987 * ''flaviscutellum'' species group: ** '' Medetera athertonensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera bunyensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera colombensis'' Naglis & Bickel, 2012 ** '' Medetera dorrigensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera flaviscutellum'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera gingra'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera killertonensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera philippinensis'' Bickel, 1987 ** '' Medetera uda'' Bickel, 1987 * ''salomonis'' species group (= ''

Medeterella ''Medeterella'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains nine species formerly included in ''Medetera'' in the ''M. salomonis'' species group. The species are found in the Afrotropical realm, Afrotropical, Indomalayan re ...

'' Grichanov, 2011): ** ''

Medetera austrofemoralis ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Bickel, 1987 ** ''

Medetera femoralis ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

, 1922 ** ''

Medetera malayensis ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Bickel, 1987 ** ''

Medetera mooneyensis ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Bickel, 1987 ** ''

Medetera nigrohalterata ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Parent, 1932 ** ''

Medetera olivacea ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

, 1916 ** ''

Medetera pospelovi ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Grichanov, 1997 ** ''

Medetera pseudofemoralis ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Bickel, 1987 ** ''

Medetera salomonis ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

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Medetera abnormis ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Yang & Yang, 1995 *''

Medetera adsumpta ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

, 1922 *''

Medetera africana ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Grichanov, 2000 **''Medetera africana africana'' Grichanov, 2000 **''Medetera africana senegalensis'' Grichanov, 2000 *''

Medetera albiseta ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Parent, 1927 *''

Medetera albisetosa ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' ( Parent, 1925) *''

Medetera alexandri ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Negrobov, 1979 *''

Medetera alpicola ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Naglis & Negrobov, 2014 *''

Medetera altra ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Parent, 1931 *''

Medetera anjudanica ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Grichanov & Ahmadi, 2017 *''

Medetera annulitarsa ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' von Roser, 1840 *''

Medetera anus ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

, 1922 *''

Medetera arrogans ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' ( Parent, 1927) *'' Medetera babelthaup'' Bickel, 1995 *'' Medetera bargusinica'' Negrobov, 1972 *'' Medetera bidentata'' Negrobov & Golubtsov, 1991 *'' Medetera bilineata''

, 1915 *'' Medetera bispinosa'' Negrobov, 1967 *'' Medetera brevispina'' Yang & Saigusa, 2001 *'' Medetera brevitarsa'' Parent, 1927 *'' Medetera brunea'' Negrobov, 1970 *'' Medetera bweza'' Grichanov, 2000 *'' Medetera caeruleifacies'' Naglis & Negrobov, 2014 *'' Medetera calvinia'' Grichanov, 2000 *'' Medetera campestris'' Naglis & Negrobov, 2014 *'' Medetera capensis''

, 1926 *'' Medetera capitiloba'' Negrobov &

, 1972 *'' Medetera cederholmi'' Grichanov, 1997 *'' Medetera chumakovi'' Grichanov, 1997 *'' Medetera cimbebasia'' Grichanov, 2000 *'' Medetera collarti'' Negrobov, 1967 *'' Medetera complicata'' Negrobov, 1967 *'' Medetera compressa'' Yang & Saigusa, 2001 *'' Medetera crassicauda'' Robinson, 1975 *'' Medetera curvata'' Yang & Saigusa, 2000 *'' Medetera curvipyga'' Naglis & Negrobov, 2014 *'' Medetera despecta'' Parent, 1927 *'' Medetera dichrocera'' Kowarz, 1878 *'' Medetera ealensis'' Parent, 1936 *'' Medetera educata'' Negrobov, 1979 *'' Medetera edwardsi'' Grichanov, 1997 *†'' Medetera elegantula'' Meunier, 1907 *'' Medetera emeljanovi'' Negrobov & Naglis, 2015 *'' Medetera evenhuisi'' Yang & Yang, 1995 *'' Medetera excipiens''

, 1922 *'' Medetera excisa'' Parent, 1914 *'' Medetera exigua''

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, 1902 *'' Medetera fasciata''

, 1915 *†'' Medetera flammea'' Meunier, 1907 *'' Medetera flavichaeta'' Naglis, 2013 *'' Medetera flavicornis''

, 1922 *'' Medetera flavigena'' Masunaga & Saigusa, 1998 *'' Medetera flaviseta'' Van Duzee, 1929 *'' Medetera flavitarsis'' Van Duzee, 1930 *†'' Medetera frauendfeldi'' Giebel, 1856 *'' Medetera galapagensis'' Bickel & Sinclair, 1997 *'' Medetera ghesquierei'' Grichanov, 1999 *'' Medetera glaucella'' Kowarz, 1878 *'' Medetera glaucelloides'' Naglis, 2013 *'' Medetera gotohorum'' Masunaga & Saigusa, 1998 *'' Medetera grunini'' Negrobov, 1966 *'' Medetera gussakovskii'' Negrobov, 1966 *'' Medetera hamata'' Parent, 1936 *'' Medetera helvetica'' Naglis & Negrobov, 2014 *'' Medetera hymera'' Negrobov &

, 1972 *'' Medetera insignis'' Girschner, 1888 *'' Medetera iviei'' Runyon, 2020 *'' Medetera jakuta'' Negrobov &

, 1972 *'' Medetera japonica'' Negrobov, 1970 *'' Medetera jugalis'' Collin, 1941 *'' Medetera junensis'' Bickel, 2013 *'' Medetera kaszabi'' Negrobov, 1970 *'' Medetera krivolutskiji'' Negrobov, 1991 *'' Medetera krivosheinae'' Negrobov, 1968 *'' Medetera lamprostomoides'' Negrobov &

, 1972 **''Medetera lamprostomoides kasachstanica'' Negrobov &

, 1972 **''Medetera lamprostomoides lamprostomoides'' Negrobov &

, 1972 *†'' Medetera lasciva'' Meunier, 1907 *'' Medetera latipennis'' Negrobov, 1970 *'' Medetera londti'' Grichanov, 2000 *'' Medetera longa'' Negrobov & Thuneberg, 1970 *'' Medetera longicauda''

, 1917 *'' Medetera longisurstylata'' Maslova, Negrobov & Obona, 2018 *'' Medetera lorea'' Negrobov, 1967 *'' Medetera luteipes'' Masunaga & Saigusa, 1998 *'' Medetera lvovskii'' Grichanov, 1999 *'' Medetera maynei''

, 1925 *'' Medetera media'' Parent, 1925 *'' Medetera meridionalis'' Negrobov, 1967 *'' Medetera miki'' Negrobov, 1972 *'' Medetera minima''

, 1916 *'' Medetera mucronata'' Negrobov & Golubtzov, 1991 *'' Medetera munroi''

, 1925 *'' Medetera muralis'' Meigen, 1824 *'' Medetera murina''

, 1917 *†'' Medetera mustela'' Meunier, 1907 *'' Medetera nakamurai'' Masunaga & Saigusa, 1998 *'' Medetera negrobovi'' Gosseries, 1989 *'' Medetera neixiangensis'' Yang & Saigusa, 1999 *'' Medetera nitida'' ( Macquart, 1834) *'' Medetera nocturna''

, 1927 *'' Medetera norlingi'' Grichanov, 1997 *'' Medetera normalis''

, 1924 *'' Medetera nubilans'' Negrobov & Tsurikov, 1991 *'' Medetera nudicoxa''

, 1922 *'' Medetera nuwarensis'' Naglis & Bickel, 2012 *'' Medetera obesa'' Kowarz, 1878 *'' Medetera olegi'' Naglis, 2013 *'' Medetera oscillans'' Allen, 1976 *'' Medetera otiosa'' Parent, 1934 *'' Medetera pachyneura'' Meuffels & Grootaert, 2007 *'' Medetera pallens'' Negrobov, 1967 *'' Medetera pallidior'' (

, 1937) *'' Medetera pallidotiosa'' Grichanov, 2000 *'' Medetera parvicornis'' Santos Abreu, 1929 *'' Medetera penicillata'' Negrobov, 1970 *'' Medetera penura''

, 1926 *'' Medetera perfida'' Parent, 1932 *'' Medetera petrophiloides'' Parent, 1925 *'' Medetera plebeia'' Parent, 1928 *'' Medetera polita'' Parent, 1936 *'' Medetera polleti'' Grichanov, 1997 *'' Medetera praedator''

, 1926 **''Medetera praedator aequatorialis'' Grichanov, 2000 **''Medetera praedator praedator''

, 1926 *'' Medetera pseudotiosa'' Grichanov, 1999 *'' Medetera pulchrifacies'' Santos Abreu, 1929 *'' Medetera rara'' Negrobov, 1991 *'' Medetera rhombomium'' (

, 1937) *'' Medetera rikhterae'' Grichanov, 1997 *'' Medetera roghii'' Rampini & Canzoneri, 1979 *'' Medetera rufipes'' Negrobov &

, 1972 *'' Medetera sakhalinensis'' Negrobov & Naglis, 2015 *'' Medetera saxatilis'' Collin, 1941 *'' Medetera seksyaevae'' Grichanov, 1999 *'' Medetera senicula'' Kowarz, 1878 *'' Medetera seriata'' Robinson, 1975 *'' Medetera setiventris'' Thuneberg, 1955 *'' Medetera sfax'' Grichanov, 2010 *'' Medetera simplicis''

, 1924 *'' Medetera sphaeropyga'' Negrobov, 1972 *'' Medetera spinigera'' (

, 1937) *'' Medetera stackelbergiana'' Negrobov, 1967 *'' Medetera stoltzei'' Grichanov, 1999 *'' Medetera storai''

, 1936 *'' Medetera striata'' Parent, 1927 *'' Medetera subchevi'' Grichanov, 1997 *'' Medetera subviridis'' Parent, 1939 *'' Medetera sutshanica'' Negrobov &

, 1972 *'' Medetera sylvestris'' (

, 1908) *'' Medetera tarasovae'' Negrobov, 1972 *'' Medetera ticinensis'' Naglis & Negrobov, 2014 *†''

Medetera totolapa ''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks. The larvae are predators of bark beetle larvae. A 201 ...

'' Bickel & Kraemer, 2016 *'' Medetera tropica'' Negrobov, 1991 *'' Medetera tuberculata'' Negrobov, 1966 *'' Medetera unicolor''

, 1922 *'' Medetera unisetosa'' ( Collin, 1941) *'' Medetera ussuriana'' Negrobov, 1972 *'' Medetera vaalensis'' Grichanov, 2000 *'' Medetera vagans''

, 1917 *'' Medetera valaisensis'' Naglis & Negrobov, 2014 *†'' Medetera vana'' Meunier, 1907 *'' Medetera varitibia'' Parent, 1935 *'' Medetera varvara'' Grichanov & Vikhrev, 2009 *'' Medetera verae'' Negrobov, 1967 *'' Medetera viridicolor''

, 1922 *'' Medetera xizangensis'' Yang, 1999 *'' Medetera yangi'' Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2006 *'' Medetera yunnanensis'' Yang & Saigusa, 2001 *'' Medetera zhejiangensis'' Yang & Yang, 1995 *'' Medetera zinovjevi'' Negrobov, 1967 The following species are ''

nomina dubia In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...

'': * '' Medetera comes'' Hardy, 1939 (

type material In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the ...

lost, possibly a member of the ''australiana'' group) * '' Medetera extranea''

, 1922 (type material lost, unplaced to genus) The following species are synonyms of other species: *''Medetera afra''

, 1927: Synonym of '' Medetera simplicis''

, 1924 *''Medetera carnivora'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1819: Synonym of ''

'' ( Linnaeus, 1767) *''Medetera cilifemorata'' Van Duzee, 1933: Synonym of '' Medetera grisescens''

, 1916 *''Medetera collini'' Thuneberg, 1955: Synonym of '' Medetera parenti''

, 1925 *''Medetera cryophora'' Séguy, 1963: Synonym of '' Medetera murina''

, 1917 *''Medetera dendrophila''

, 1917: Synonym of '' Medetera pallipes'' (

, 1843) *''Medetera hawaiiensis'' Van Duzee, 1933: Synonym of '' Medetera grisescens''

, 1916 *''Medetera idahoensis'' Harmston & Knowlton, 1943: Synonym of '' Medetera crassivenis''

, 1928 *''Medetera intermedia'' Van Duzee, 1928: Synonym of '' Medetera veles'' Loew, 1861 *''Medetera lachaisei'' Couturier, 1986: Synonym of ''

Dolichophorus luteoscutatus ''Dolichophorus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. A 2011 phylogenetic analysis of ''Medetera'' and related genera found that ''Dolichophorus'' is closely related to the ''Medetera aberrans'' and ''Medetera melanesiana'' specie ...

'' ( Parent, 1936) *''Medetera longimana'' Van Duzee, 1933: Synonym of '' Medetera californiensis''

, 1899 *''Medetera minuta'' von Roser, 1840: Synonym of '' Medetera plumbella'' Meigen, 1824 *''Medetera nigricans'' Meigen, 1824: Synonym of ''

'' ( Fallén, 1823) *''Medetera nuortevai'' Thuneberg, 1955: Synonym of '' Medetera pinicola'' Kowarz, 1878 *''Medetera obsoleta'' Negrobov & Thuneberg, 1971: Synonym of ''

'' Van Duzee, 1933 *''Medetera orbiculata'' Van Duzee, 1932: Synonym of '' Medetera apicalis'' (

, 1843) *''Medetera palmae'' Hardy, 1939: Synonym of '' Medetera grisescens''

, 1916 *''Medetera piceae'' Ounap, 1997: Synonym of '' Medetera pinicola'' Kowarz, 1878 *''Medetera robusta'' Loew, 1857: Synonym of '' Medetera obscura'' (

, 1838) *''Medetera robusta'' Ounap, 1997: Synonym of '' Medetera obscura'' (

, 1838) *''Medetera ruficornis'' Strobl, 1898: Renamed to '' Medetera negrobovi'' Gosseries, 1989 *''Medetera rutilans'' Parent, 1935: Synonym of '' Medetera maynei''

, 1925 *''Medetera sinuata'' Parent, 1928: Synonym of '' Coeloglutus concavus''

, 1896 *''Medetera subglauca''

, 1917: Synonym of '' Medetera signaticornis'' Loew, 1857 *''Medetera tertia''

, 1917: Synonym of '' Medetera muralis'' Meigen, 1824 *''Medetera turneri'' Parent, 1934: Synonym of '' Medetera caffra'' (

, 1927) *''Medetera vanschuytbroecki'' Gosseries, 1989: Synonym of '' Medetera arnaudi'' Negrobov, Vanschuytbroeck & Grichanov, 1981 *''Medetera wheeleri'' Foote, Coulson & Robinson, 1965: Synonym of '' Medetera veles'' Loew, 1861 *''Medetera zairensis'' Dyte & Smith, 1980: Synonym of '' Medetera caffra'' (

, 1927) The following species have been moved to other genera: *''Medetera luteoscutata'' Parent, 1936: moved to ''

'' *''Medetera vegrandis''

, 1925: moved to '' Micromorphus''

References

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