Paramedetera
Genus of flies
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Paramedetera is a genus of flies 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]
| Paramedetera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
Species
- 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
