Thambemyia

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Thambemyia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Aphrosylini
Genus: Thambemyia
Oldroyd, 1956 [1]
Type species
Thambemyia pagdeni
Oldroyd, 1956 [1]
Synonyms

Thambemyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [2] It known from the Oriental and Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic species from Japan. Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. Conchopus is sometimes considered a synonym of Thambemyia, but the former is considered a valid genus by some authors. [3]

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Species

Subgenus Thambemyia Oldroyd, 1956:

Subgenus ProthambemyiaMasunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005: [4]

If Conchopus is a synonym of Thambemyia, the following species would also be included in the genus:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Oldroyd, H. (1956). "A new genus and species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Malaya". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B. 25 (1): 210–211.
  2. ↑ Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN   9787811171020.
  3. 1 2 Capellari, R. S. (2015). "First record of Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Brazil, with description of a new species". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 3 (20): 1–7. doi: 10.12976/jib/2015.3.20 .
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Masunaga, K.; Saigusa, T.; Grootaert, P. (2005). "Revision of the genus Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of a new subgenus". Entomological Science. 8 (4): 439–455. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00143.x.
  5. ↑ Grichanov, I.Ya. (2013). "A new species of Thambemyia Oldroyd, 1956 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Gujarat, India". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 9 (1): 191–193. doi: 10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-191-193 .
  6. ↑ Parent, O. (1938). "Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii" (PDF). Konowia. 16: 209–219. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Zhu, Y.; Yang, D.; Masunaga, K. (2005). "A review of the species of Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China". Aquatic Insects. 27 (4): 299–307. doi:10.1080/01650420500328316.

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