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
^Parent, Octave (1929). "Etude sur les Dolichopodides exotiques de la collection von Roder". Annales de la Société scientifique de Bruxelles (B). 49: 169–246.