Medetera johnthomasi (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) is described from a large population collected in San Mateo County, California. This is the third Nearctic species in the Medetera aberrans species group, a lineage that otherwise is pan-tropical in distribution, but particularly diverse in the Neotropical region. Males of most species in this species group have the tarsomeres 2–4 of leg I flattened. The position of this species group within Medetera is discussed.
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1 April 2011
Medetera johnthomasi (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new species from California with notes on the aberrans species group
Daniel J. Bickel,
Paul H. Arnaud Jr.
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The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
Vol. 87 • No. 2
April 2011
Vol. 87 • No. 2
April 2011
aberrans species group
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Medetera
Medeterinae