Protomedetera

{{short description|Genus of Dolichopodid flies from Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Protomedetera singaporensis (10.3897-zookeys.743.22696) Figure 9.jpg

| image_caption = Protomedetera singaporensis

| taxon = Protomedetera

| authority = Tang, Grootaert & Yang, 2018{{cite journal|last1=Tang|first1=C.|last2=Grootaert|first2=P.|last3=Yang|first3=D.|year=2018|title=Protomedetera, a new genus from the Oriental and Australasian realms (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae)|journal=ZooKeys|issue=743|pages=137–151|doi=10.3897/zookeys.743.22696|pmid=29670439|pmc=5904401|doi-access=free|bibcode=2018ZooK..743..137T }}

| type_species = Protomedetera singaporensis

| type_species_authority = Grootaert & Tang, 2018

}}

Protomedetera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus contains four species, and is found in Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Malaysia.

The generic name is a combination of proto and Medetera, referring to the genus looking like a small and simplified Medetera.