Medetera arnaudi

Medetera arnaudi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Genus: Medetera
Species:
M. arnaudi
Binomial name
Medetera arnaudi
Harmston, 1951[1]

Medetera arnaudi is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[2][3][4][5] It is known from the Central Valley and Coast Ranges of California.[6][4] It is named after the entomologist Paul H. Arnaud, Jr., who collected the type specimens.[4]

In Bickel (1985)'s revision of the genus Medetera in the Nearctic realm, M. arnaudi is included as a member of the diadema-veles species group.[6][4]

References

  1. ^ Harmston, F. C. (1951). "New species of Dolichopodidae from California and Utah (Diptera)". The Great Basin Naturalist. 11: 11–17. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22414. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Medetera arnaudi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "Medetera arnaudi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2004 (283): 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:COTDDO>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/451.
  5. ^ a b Bickel, D. J. (1985). "A revision of the Nearctic Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Technical Bulletin (1692). United States Department of Agriculture: 1–109. doi:10.22004/ag.econ.309598. ISSN 0082-9811.



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