Systenites is an extinct genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Baltic amber.[1]

Systenites
Temporal range: Upper Eocene–Lower Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Tribe: Systenini
Genus: Systenites
Grichanov, Negrobov & Selivanova, 2014[1]
Type species
Porphyrops inclyta
Meunier, 1907

Species edit

The genus contains three species:[1]

  • Systenites argutus (Meunier, 1907)
  • Systenites inclytus (Meunier, 1907)
  • Systenites splendidus (Meunier, 1907)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Grichanov, I. Ya.; Negrobov, O. P.; Selivanova, O. V. (2014). "Two new genera of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber and some new combinations" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 23 (1): 61–70. doi:10.15298/rusentj.23.1.08.