''Demetera'' is a genus of
flies
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in the family
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus '' Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Dolichopodidae generally a ...
. It contains eight species formerly included in ''
Medetera
''Medetera'' is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 350 species worldwide. The adults are commonly found resting on vertical surfaces such as tree trunks, on which they have a characteristic vertical upright st ...
'' in the ''M. melanesiana'' species group. The species are found in the
Afrotropical
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,
Oriental
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In English, it is largely a meto ...
and
Australasian
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regions.
According to Naglis and Bickel (2012), it was unwarranted to establish a separate genus for this group of species.
Species
* ''
Demetera demeteri
''Demetera'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains eight species formerly included in ''Medetera'' in the ''M. melanesiana'' species group. The species are found in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian regions. Acc ...
''
( Grichanov, 1997)
* ''
Demetera kokodensis
''Demetera'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains eight species formerly included in ''Medetera'' in the ''M. melanesiana'' species group. The species are found in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian regions. Acc ...
''
(Bickel, 1987)
* ''
Demetera macalpinei
''Demetera'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains eight species formerly included in ''Medetera'' in the ''M. melanesiana'' species group. The species are found in the Afrotropical realm, Afrotropical, Indomalayan re ...
''
(Bickel, 1987)
* ''
Demetera malaisei
''Demetera'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains eight species formerly included in ''Medetera'' in the ''M. melanesiana'' species group. The species are found in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian regions. Acc ...
''
(Bickel, 1987)
* ''
Demetera melanesiana
''Demetera'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains eight species formerly included in '' Medetera'' in the ''M. melanesiana'' species group. The species are found in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian regions. Ac ...
''
(Bickel, 1987)
* ''
Demetera morobensis''
(Bickel, 1987)
* ''
Demetera niuginiensis''
(Bickel, 1987)
* ''
Demetera rhetheura''
(Bickel, 1987)
References
Dolichopodidae genera
Medeterinae
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