Chimerothalassius

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Chimerothalassius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Parathalassiinae
Genus: Chimerothalassius
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2003 [1]
Type species
Chimerothalassius ismayi
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2003 [1]

Chimerothalassius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains five described species, two from New Zealand, two from New Caledonia and one from the Caribbean. It also contains three undescribed species, two from New Zealand and one from Costa Rica. [2] [3]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shamshev, I.V.; Grootaert, P. (2002). "A new genus of Microphorinae (Diptera Empidoidea) from New Zealand" (PDF). Belgian Journal of Entomology . 4: 129–144.
  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. PMID   31716961.
  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 . PMID   37044762.
  4. Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2018). "New species of Chimerothalassius Shamshev & Grootaert (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae) from the West Indies and Costa Rica" (PDF). Zootaxa . 4387 (3): 511–523. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.6 . PMID   29690478.