Parathalassiinae Explained

Parathalassiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1] It is part of an extended concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, and forms a monophyletic group with Dolichopodidae sensu stricto. It was once placed provisionally in the subfamily Microphorinae as the tribe Parathalassiini.[2]

According to a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Dolichopodidae by Germann et al. (2011), there is strong evidence for placing Parathalassiinae within Dolichopodidae sensu stricto.[3]

Genera

The subfamily currently includes 12 genera:[4]

Notes and References

  1. The New World genera of Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.), with new species of Thalassophorus and Eothalassius. Brooks. Scott E.. Cumming. Jeffrey M.. September 7, 2012. The Canadian Entomologist. 143. 5. 423–446. 10.4039/n11-027 . May 5, 2022.
  2. Sinclair . Bradley J. . Cumming . Jeffrey M. . 2006 . The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera) . . 1180 . 1–172 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1 . 1-877407-80-1 . 20 December 2011 .
  3. C.. Germann. M.. Pollet. C.. Wimmer. M.V.. Bernasconi. 2011. Molecular data sheds light on the classification of long-legged flies (Diptera : Dolichopodidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 25. 4. 303–321. 10.1071/IS11029.
  4. 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. 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.5. free. 31716961 .
  5. Ulrich. H.. 1991. Two new genera of parathalassiine-Iike flies from South Africa (Diptera, Empidoidea). Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 42. 2. 187–216.
  6. O. P.. Negrobov. 1978. ru:Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири. Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia. http://www.bio.vsu.ru/ezoo/negrobov_publikacii/Empididoidea%20.zip. PDF. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 1978. 2. 81–90. Russian.
  7. Shamshev. I.V.. Grootaert. P.. 2002. A new genus of Microphorinae (Diptera Empidoidea) from New Zealand. Belgian Journal of Entomology. 4. 129–144.
  8. Cumming. J. M.. Brooks. S. E.. 2002. Electrophorella, a new genus of parathalassiine flies from Baltic amber, with a cladistic analysis of the Microphorinae + Dolichopodidae lineage (Diptera: Empidoidea). Studia dipterologica. 9. 1. 41–54.
  9. Shamshev. I.V.. Grootaert. P.. 2005. Eothalassius, a new genus of parathalassiine flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. European Journal of Entomology. 102. 1. 107–118. 10.14411/eje.2005.016. free.
  10. Brooks. S.E.. Cumming. J.M.. 2016. Neothalassius, a new genus of Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae s.lat.) from the Pacific coast of South America. Zootaxa. 4066. 3. 311–322. 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.3.7. free. 27395554.