taxonID	type	description	language	source
32DBE49CFFAC98673BB2C6AB0D729550.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name Protomedetera gen. n. is proposed since this genus looks like a small and simplified Medetera.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
32DBE49CFFAC98673BB2C6AB0D729550.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body small and stout, body length less than or equal to 2.0 mm. Eye without soft hair between each facet. Two oc, two vt. Scape short and small, almost invisible in lateral view. Pedicel cup-like, large, with first flagellomere sunken in it; usually with long apical bristles over first flagellomere. First flagellomere rounded, wider than long or nearly as long as wide, with short pubescence. Arista nearly bare or shortly pubescent, basal portion of arista very short. Ocellar tubercle distinct but not strongly raised. Upper postcranium deeply concave. Proboscis not strongly sclerotized. Thorax raised dorsally at shoulder. Mesonotum flat before scutellum. Two h, one ph, one su, two npl, two sa, one pt, five to six dc, biseriate acr. Anterior portion sometimes densely covered by short bristles. Legs only with few bristles, wholly yellow or mainly yellow including tarsomeres. Hind coxa with one weak outer bristle. Hind tibia without any ad / pd / av / pv. Hind tarsomere I short and flat. Wing nearly hyaline, tinged light yellow; veins light brown, R 4 + 5 and M parallel. CuAx ratio no more than 0.25. Squama pale with long pale hairs. Halter pale. Hypopygium: Epandrium distinctly longer than wide, nearly triangular. Epandrial lobe indistinct or small. Surstylus simple. Cercus half hidden in epandrium, with marginal bristles, covered by short peg-like bristles. Phallus usually hidden in hypandrium, sometimes modified apically.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
CF4E1EB803989769CCECEC7A6A412A7D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pedicel with four apical bristles twice as long as total length of first flagellomere and pedicel. Vein costa bold at basal 1 / 3. Cercus short thick, with two round apical protuberances each with a strong apical bristle. Hypandrium with one irregular process at apical 2 / 5 to 1 / 4, sharp apically. Phallus not modified.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
CF4E1EB803989769CCECEC7A6A412A7D.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 1). Body length 1.7 mm, wing length 1.5 mm, wing width 0.7 mm. Head metallic green, nearly black, with grey pollinosity; eyes separated; face nearly parallel, width of face at middle as wide as first flagellomere. Hairs and bristles on head black, postocular bristles and posteroventral hairs short pale. Two strong oc, two strong vt. Antenna wholly yellow; scape short and small, almost invisible; pedicel cup-like, large, with first flagellomere sunken in it, with circlet of apical bristles of which four very long strong, distinctly covering first flagellomere, twice as long as total length of first flagellomere and pedicel; first flagellomere small, rounded, nearly as long as wide, with tiny pubescence; arista black, almost bare, nearly as long as head width, with basal segment 0.1 times as long as apical segment. Ocellar tubercle distinct but not strongly raised. Upper postcranium deeply concave. Proboscis yellow, not strongly sclerotized, with light thin lines and short strong apical bristle; palpus yellow, slightly raised, rounded, with black preapical bristle. Thorax raised dorsally at anterior area, dark metallic green, with some grey pollinosity. Mesonotum flat before scutellum. Pp with one strong spine-like bristle at lower 1 / 3. Hairs and bristles on thorax black; two h, one ph, one su, two npl, two sa, one pt, five dc, six biseriate acr at anterior portion. Anterior portion densely covered by short bristles. Scutellum with one pair of strong sc. Legs mainly yellow except mid and hind coxae, dorsum of mid and hind femora brown. Hairs and bristles on legs mainly black. One weak prothoracic bristle above fore coxa. Fore coxa at a distance with mid coxa. Mid and hind coxae each with one weak outer bristle at middle. Femora without distinct bristles. Mid tibia with one ad at middle and three apical bristles. Hind tibia with two tiny apical bristles. Hind tarsomere I somewhat shortened and flat. Tibiae and five tarsomeres of legs LI: 2.0: 1.0: 0.3: 0.3: 0.2: 0.4; LII: 3.0: 1.5: 0.8: 0.5: 0.3: 0.4; LIII: 3.5: 0.8: 1.0: 0.8: 0.4: 0.5. Wing nearly hyaline, tinged light yellow; veins light brown, costa vein thickened at basal 1 / 3, R 4 + 5 and M parallel. CuAx ratio 0.25. Squama pale with long pale hairs. Halter pale. Abdomen metallic green with grey pollinosity. Hairs and bristles black. Hypopygium (Fig. 2): Epandrium yellowish. Hairs and bristles pale. Epandrium nearly rectangular, twice as long as wide; epandrial lobe indistinct. Surstylus wide, finger-like, rounded at tip, with ten bristles, of which one extremely long. Cercus short thick, with two round apical protuberances each with one long strong apical bristle. Hypandrium with one irregular process at apical 2 / 5 to 1 / 4, sharp at tip. Phallus normal. Female. Unknown.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
CF4E1EB803989769CCECEC7A6A412A7D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name biconvexa means two protuberances, referring to the two apical two protuberances of the cercus.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
CF4E1EB803989769CCECEC7A6A412A7D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype male, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Madang province, Baiteta (4 ° 59 ' 10.36 " S, 145 ° 45 ' 47.05 " E) FOG XH, 16 / III / 1994, leg. Olivier Missa (coll. RBINS). Paratypes: PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Madang province, Baiteta (4 ° 59 ' 10.36 " S, 145 ° 45 ' 47.05 " E), FOG AR 15, 15 / VI / 1995, leg. Olivier Missa; 1 male, FOG AR 24, 5 / VII / 1995; 1 male, FOG XJ, 7 / IV / 1994 (coll. RBINS). MALAYSIA: 1 male, Pulau Tioman, Salang, 13 / VII / 2005 (leg. I. Van de Velde) (coll. RBINS).	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
9CB3B1C21BE423EDB66D802C462388C1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pedicel with two long apical bristles 1.5 times as long as total length of pedicel and first flagellomere. Cercus nearly oval, 3.6 times as long as wide, narrow at tip, with several long apical marginal bristles and some short peg-like bristles. Hypandrium simple, rounded apically in lateral view. Phallus thin, hook-like apically, with a preapical denticle.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
9CB3B1C21BE423EDB66D802C462388C1.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 3). Body length 2.0 mm, wing length 1.7 mm, wing width 1.2 mm. Head metallic green, nearly black, with grey pollinosity; eyes separated; face nearly parallel, width of face at middle as wide as first flagellomere. Hairs and bristles on head black, postocular bristles and posteroventral hairs short and pale. Two strong oc, two strong vt. Scape and pedicel yellow; scape short and small, almost invisible; pedicel cup-like, large, with first flagellomere sunken in it, with circlet of apical bristles of which two bristles 1.5 times as long as total length of pedicel and first flagellomere; first flagellomere small, rounded, brown, nearly as long as wide, with tiny pubescence; arista black, almost bare, nearly as long as head, with basal segment extremely short, less than 0.1 times as long as apical segment. Ocellar tubercle distinct but not strongly raised. Upper postcranium deeply concave. Proboscis yellow, not strongly sclerotized, with light thin lines; palpus yellow, slightly raised, rounded, with yellow preapical bristle. Thorax raised dorsally at front area, dark metallic green, with some grey pollinosity. Mesonotum flat before scutellum. Hairs and bristles on thorax pale; two h, one ph, one su, two npl, two sa, one pt, six dc, five biseriate acr at anterior 1 / 2. Shoulder portion covered by short bristles. Scutellum with one pair of strong sc. Legs mainly yellow except mid and hind coxae brown. Hairs and bristles on legs mainly pale. One weak prothoracic bristle above fore coxa. Fore coxa with row of bristles anteriorly. Hind coxa with one weak outer bristle. Fore femur with six pv (three at basal 1 / 6, three at apical 1 / 6). Hind femur with four pv at apical 1 / 4. Mid tibia with one ad at basal 1 / 3 and three apical bristles. Hind tibia with two apical bristles. Hind tarsomere I somewhat shortened and flat. Tibiae and five tarsomeres of legs LI: 2.5: 1.1: 0.5: 0.3: 0.2: 0.4; LII: 3.6: 1.3: 0.8: 0.5: 0.3: 0.4; LIII: 3.5: 0.8: 1.0: 0.8: 0.4: 0.5. Wing nearly hyaline, tinged light yellow; veins light brown, R 4 + 5 and M parallel. CuAx ratio 0.2. Squama pale with long pale hairs. Halter pale. Abdomen metallic green with grey pollinosity. Hairs and bristles black. Hypopygium (Fig. 4 a): Hairs and bristles pale. Epandrium nearly rectangular, three times as long as wide; epandrial lobe faded with two spinous bristles. Surstylus (Fig. 4 b) simple, with three long spine-like bristles. Cercus (Fig. 4 c) nearly oval, 3.6 times as long as wide, narrow at tip, with several long apical marginal bristles and some short peg-like bristles. Hypandrium simple, rounded apically in lateral view. Phallus thin, hook-like apically in lateral view, with one preapical denticle. Female. Unknown.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
9CB3B1C21BE423EDB66D802C462388C1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name biseta refers to the two long bristles on the pedicel.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
9CB3B1C21BE423EDB66D802C462388C1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype male: PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Madang province, Baiteta (4 ° 59 ' 10.36 " S, 145 ° 45 ' 47.05 " E), FOG AR 40, 3 / VIII / 1995, leg. Olivier Missa (in coll. RBINS). Paratypes: PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Madang province, Baiteta (4 ° 59 ' 10.36 " S 145 ° 45 ' 47.05 " E), 2 males, FOG AR 1, 27 / IV / 1995, leg. Olivier Missa; 1 male, FOG AR 15, 15 / VI / 1995; 1 male, FOG XA 9, 9 / IV / 1993, leg. Olivier Missa (in coll. RBINS).	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
291E848ACD44A02138143D4CAEBBD733.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pedicel with circlet of short bristles nearly as long as pedicel. Wing veins without any thickness. Cercus rhomboid, with row of long marginal bristles and one long apical bristle, covered by short weak peg-like bristles. Hypandrium simple, black apically.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
291E848ACD44A02138143D4CAEBBD733.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 5). Body length 1.3 mm, wing length 1.1 mm, wing width 0.6 mm. Head metallic green, nearly black, with grey pollinosity; eyes separated; face nearly parallel, width of face at middle 0.6 times as wide as first flagellomere. Hairs and bristles on head black, postocular bristles and posteroventral hairs short pale. Two strong oc, two strong vt. Antenna wholly yellow except first flagellomere brownish at apex, scape and pedicel yellow; scape short and small, almost invisible; pedicel cup-like, large, with first flagellomere sunken in it, with circlet of short bristles nearly as long as pedicel; first flagellomere small, rounded, nearly as long as wide, with tiny pubescence; arista black, almost bare, nearly as long as head, with basal segment extremely short, less than 0.1 times length of apical segment. Ocellar tubercle distinct but not strongly raised. Upper postcranium deeply concave. Proboscis yellow, not strongly sclerotized, with light thin lines; palpus black, small, with black preapical bristle. Thorax raised dorsally at front area, dark yellow without metallic gross, brownish at propleuron and mesopleuron, with some grey pollinosity. Mesonotum flat before scutellum. Hairs and bristles on thorax pale; two h, one ph, one su, two npl, two sa, one pt, two weak dc, six biseriate acr at anterior 1 / 2. Shoulder portion densely covered with short bristles. Scutellum with one pair of strong sc. Legs wholly yellow without distinct bristle. Hind tarsomere I somewhat shortened and flat. Tibiae and five tarsomeres of legs LI: 3.0: 0.8: 0.5: 0.5: 0.4: 0.5; LII: 3.5: 1.3: 0.8: 0.6: 0.4: 0.5; LIII: 4.5: 0.8: 1.2: 1.0: 0.5: 0.6. Wing nearly hyaline, tinged light yellow; veins light brown, R 4 + 5 and M parallel. CuAx ratio 0.2. Squama pale with long pale hairs. Halter pale. Abdomen metallic green with grey pollinosity. Hairs and bristles black. Hypopygium: simple, pale. Hairs and bristles pale. Epandrium (Figs 7 - 8) nearly rectangular, about twice as long as wide, with three long bristles; epandrial lobe indistinct but left three long bristles. Surstylus simple, with four bristles. Cercus rhomboid, with row of long marginal bristles and one long apical bristle, covered by short weak peg-like bristles. Hypandrium simple. Phallus inflate and dark apically. Female (Fig. 6). Almost same to male, but body length 1.5 mm, wing length 1.2 mm, wing width 0.7 mm.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
291E848ACD44A02138143D4CAEBBD733.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name glabra means bare, referring to the pedicel which has no long bristles and a simple hypandrium.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
291E848ACD44A02138143D4CAEBBD733.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype male: PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Baiteta (4 ° 59 ' 10.36 " S, 145 ° 45 ' 47.05 " E), FOG AR 14, 14 / VI / 1995, leg. Olivier Missa (in coll. RBINS). Paratypes: PAPUA NEW GUINEA, same provenance as holotype: 1 male, FOG AR 13, 9 / VI / 1995; 1 male, FOG AR 9 - 3, 26 / V / 1995; SINGAPORE: 2 males, Sime forest, 8 / IV / 2005, leg. P. Grootaert (in coll. LKCNHM); 1 male, Clementi Woods, 23 / IV / 2005, drains, leg. I. Van de Velde; 1 female, Nee Soon, 27 / IV / 2005, leg. P. Grootaert; 1 male, Clementi woods, 25 / VI / 2005, drains, leg. I. Van de Velde (in coll. RBINS).	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
048CDF4D1156A029D41CB4F683F0CD7B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Width of face at middle 1.4 times as wide as first flagellomere. Pedicel with only one long black apical bristle 1.5 times as long as total length of pedicel and first flagellomere. Surstylus with four long apical bristles. Cercus with one long apical bristle.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
048CDF4D1156A029D41CB4F683F0CD7B.taxon	description	Description. Male (Fig. 9). Body length 1.8 mm, wing length 1.8 mm, wing width 0.6 mm. Head metallic green, nearly black, with grey pollinosity; eyes separated; face nearly parallel, width of face at middle 1.4 times as wide as first flagellomere. Hairs and bristles on head black except postocular bristles and posteroventral hairs pale. Two strong oc, two strong vt. Antenna dark yellow except first flagellomere black; scape short and small, almost invisible; pedicel cup-like, large, with first flagellomere sunken in it, with circlet of bristles, all yellow and short except one black and long, 1.5 times as long as total length of pedicel and first flagellomere; first flagellomere small, rounded, nearly as long as wide, pubescent; arista black, pubescent, nearly as long as head, with basal segment extremely short, less than 0.1 times length of apical segment. Ocellar tubercle distinct but not strongly raised. Upper postcranium deeply concave. Proboscis brown with brown apical hairs; palpus brown, small, with strong brown apical bristle. Thorax raised dorsally at front area, dark metallic green, with some grey pollinosity. Mesonotum flat before scutellum. Hairs and bristles on thorax pale; two h, one ph, one su, two npl, two sa, one pt, five dc, six biseriate acr at anterior 3 / 5 portion. Shoulder portion densely covered with short bristles. Scutellum with one pair of strong sc. Legs mainly yellow but coxae, basal 4 / 5 of femora and tarsomere V brown. Hairs and bristles on legs pale. Bristles on legs thin and hair-like. Fore and mid coxae each with two rows of anterior bristles. Hind femur with one preapical pv. Mid tibia with one ad at basal 1 / 3 and one short apical bristle. Hind tarsomere I somewhat shortened and flat. Tibiae and five tarsomeres of legs LI: 2.4: 1.0: 0.5: 0.4: 0.3: 0.5; LII: 3.5: 1.2: 0.8: 0.5: 0.3: 0.4; LIII: 4.5: 1.7: 0.8: 0.5: 0.3: 0.5. Wing nearly hyaline, tinged light yellow; veins light brown, R 4 + 5 and M parallel. CuAx ratio 0.125. Squama pale with long pale hairs. Halter pale. Abdomen metallic green with grey pollinosity except first segment, with one large black spot laterally at segment V. Hairs and bristles black. Hypopygium (Fig. 10 a): simple, brown. Hairs and bristles pale. Epandrium nearly rectangular, about 2.5 times as long as wide; epandrial lobe indistinct, only left one row of four long apical bristles. Surstylus (Fig. 10 b) simple, finger-like, fused with epandrium, with four long spine-like apical bristles. Cercus (Fig. 10 c) nearly oval, 3.2 times as long as wide, slightly narrow at tip, with row of long marginal bristles at apical half, covered by short weak peg-like bristles Hypandrium simple, narrowed towards tip. Phallus simple but hooked apically, mainly hidden in hypandrium. Female. Unknown.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
048CDF4D1156A029D41CB4F683F0CD7B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name singaporensis refers to the Republic of Singapore where this species was found.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
048CDF4D1156A029D41CB4F683F0CD7B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype male: SINGAPORE, Nee Soon (swamp forest), 2 May 2012 in Malaise trap NS 2 (leg. J. Puniamoorthy; in coll. LKCNHM with reference R _ ckq _ DOL _ ZRCBDP 00005503 _ Protomedetera _ sp _ M _ NS 2). The NGS barcode is deposited in GenBank accession number: BankIt 2080950 Seq 1 MG 820472.	en	Tang, Chufei, Grootaert, Patrick, Yang, Ding (2018): Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). ZooKeys 743: 137-151, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22696
