Medetera truncorum explained

Medetera truncorum is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is widely distributed in the Western Palaearctic.^{[1] [2] [3]} It also occurs in the Pacific Northwest in North America, where it may be an introduced species.

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

External links

• Images representing Medetera at BOLD

Notes and References

1. [Fauna Europaea]
2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.
3. Parent, O. (1938) Diptères Dolichopodidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 35 . 720 p., 1. 002 fig. Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf