| Micromedetera | |
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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: | Micromedetera Robinson, 1975 |
| Type species | |
| Micromedetera archboldi Robinson, 1975 | |
Micromedetera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Caribbean and Panama. The genus belongs to the "micro-dolichopodids", an informal group of genera from the New World which have a body length of 1 mm or less. The genus was originally assigned to the subfamily Medeterinae, but more recently its placement in the subfamily is considered uncertain.
Species
- Micromedetera archboldi Robinson, 1975 – Dominica
- Micromedetera shannoni Robinson, 1975 – Panama
- Micromedetera wirthi Robinson, 1975 – Jamaica
References
- ^ 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 (185): 1–141. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.185. hdl:10088/5375.
- Runyon, Justin B; Robinson, Harold (2010). "Hurleyella, a new genus of Nearctic Dolichopodidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2400: 57–65. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2400.1.6. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Micromedetera | |
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