Eothalassius

Eothalassius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains four described species, from Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica and the Mediterranean. It also contains three undescribed species, one from New Caledonia and two from Japan.[2][3]

Eothalassius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Parathalassiinae
Genus: Eothalassius
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005[1]
Type species
Eothalassius platypalpus
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005[1]

Species
  • Eothalassius borkenti Cumming & Brooks, 2011[4] – Costa Rica
  • Eothalassius gracilis Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005[1] – Thailand, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea
  • Eothalassius merzi (Gatt, 2003)[5][2] – Cyprus, Malta, Mediterranean coast of Turkey
  • Eothalassius platypalpus Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005[1] – Papua New Guinea

References
  1. Shamshev, I.V.; Grootaert, P. (2005). "Eothalassius, a new genus of parathalassiine flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology. 102 (1): 107–118. doi:10.14411/eje.2005.016.
  2. Cumming, J.M.; Brooks, S.E. (2019). "Phylogenetic analysis and preliminary classification of the Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa. 4648 (1): 111–129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.5.
  3. Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2022). "New Australasian Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa. 5188 (6): 521–543. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.2.
  4. Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2011). "The New World Genera of Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.), with New Species of Thalassophorus and Eothalassius". The Canadian Entomologist. 143 (5): 423–446. doi:10.4039/n11-027.
  5. Gatt, P. (2003). "New species and records of Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae) from the Mediterranean region". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 110 (4): 669–684. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.80205.


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