Medetera aberrans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Genus: | Medetera |
Species: | M. aberrans
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Binomial name | |
Medetera aberrans
Wheeler, 1899
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Medetera aberrans is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is distributed in Eastern North America. Adults of the species are generally colored a metallic green, with yellow legs. Not much is known about the biology of the species, but adults have frequently been collected from wet grasslands or marshes. [5] [3]
In Bickel (1985)'s revision of the genus Medetera in the Nearctic realm, M. aberrans is included as a member of the aberrans species group. [5] [3] Alternatively, this species group has been treated as a separate genus, Saccopheronta. [6]