Medetera apicalis
| Medetera apicalis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Genus: | Medetera |
| Species: | M. apicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Medetera apicalis (Zetterstedt, 1843) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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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
[edit]- 1 2 "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.
Further reading
[edit]- 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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