Medetera truncorum | |
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Medetera truncorum North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Genus: | Medetera |
Species: | M. truncorum
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Binomial name | |
Medetera truncorum
Meigen, 1824
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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. [4]
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. [4]