Medetera apicalis

Medetera apicalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Genus:	Medetera
Species:	M. apicalis
Binomial name
	Medetera apicalis; (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Synonyms
	Hydrophorus apicalis Zetterstedt, 1843 ; Medeterus aurivittatus Wheeler, 1899 ; Medeterus caerulescens Malloch, 1919 ; Medeterus distinctus Van Duzee, 1919 ; Medeterus frontalis Van Duzee, 1919 ; Medeterus bicolor Van Duzee, 1923; (nec Meigen, 1838) ; Medeterus parvus Van Duzee, 1923 ; Medeterus ciliatus Van Duzee, 1928 ; Medeterus simplicipes Curran, 1928 ; Medeterus venatus Curran, 1928 ; Medetera orbiculata Van Duzee, 1932 ; Medetera albiciliata Van Duzee, 1933 ; Medetera arctica Van Duzee, 1933 ;

Medetera apicalis is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found in Europe and North America.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5] This species is more common in old-growth forest habitats, where it can be found beneath bark or on the fruiting bodies of wood-decaying fungi such as Fomitopsis pinicola. ^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Medetera apicalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
^ Negrobov, O.P.; Naglis, S. (2016). "Palaearctic species of the genus Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zoosystematica Rossica. 25 (2): 333–379. doi:10.31610/zsr/2016.25.2.333.
^ "Medetera apicalis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
^ "Medetera apicalis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
^ 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.
^ Jonsson, Mattias; Nordlander, Göran (January 2006). "Insect Colonisation of Fruiting Bodies of the Wood-decaying Fungus Fomitopsis pinicola at Different Distances from an Old-growth Forest". Biodiversity and Conservation. 15 (1): 295–309. Bibcode:2006BiCon..15..295J. doi:10.1007/s10531-005-1536-3.

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