''Protomedetera'' is a genus of

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

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 ...

. The genus contains four species, and is found in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

and

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. The generic name is a combination of ''proto'' and ''Medetera'', referring to the genus looking like a small and simplified ''

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 ...

''.

Species

* '' Protomedetera biconvexa'' Tang, Grootaert & Yang, 2018 – Papua New Guinea, Malaysia * '' Protomedetera biseta'' Tang, Grootaert & Yang, 2018 – Papua New Guinea * '' Protomedetera glabra'' Tang, Grootaert & Yang, 2018 – Papua New Guinea * '' Protomedetera singaporensis'' Grootaert & Tang, 2018 – Singapore

References

Dolichopodidae genera Medeterinae Diptera of Asia Diptera of Australasia {{Dolichopodidae-stub