Medetera bistriata is a species of longlegged fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[2][3][4] It is widely distributed in North America, spanning from the pine forests of boreal Canada south to Honduras, and it is common in the pine forests of the Atlantic and Gulf costal plains. The larvae are predators of bark beetles in the genera Dendroctonus and Ips, and have been noted as important predators of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis.[2][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Genus: | Medetera |
| Species: | M. bistriata
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| Medetera bistriata | |
In Bickel (1985)'s revision of the genus Medetera in the Nearctic realm, M. bistriata is included as a member of the signaticornis-pinicola species group.[5][2]
References
edit- ^ Parent, Octave (1929). "Etude sur les Dolichopodides exotiques de la collection von Roder". Annales de la Société scientifique de Bruxelles (B). 49: 169–246.
- ^ a b c "Medetera bistriata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Medetera bistriata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Medetera bistriata Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b 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.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
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