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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Microphorinae » Parathalassius

Genus Parathalassius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Print References
Fly - Parathalassius abela Fly - Parathalassius infuscatus Parathalassius sp.? - Parathalassius infuscatus - male Parathalassius sp.? - Parathalassius abela - female Parathalassius sp.? - Parathalassius abela - male Parathalassius uniformus - female Parathalassius uniformus - female Parathalassius uniformus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies)
Subfamily Microphorinae
Genus Parathalassius
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parathalassius Mik and other former Microphorinae are now classified as Dolichopodidae. Despite the strong resemblence to Empididae s. lat. they are more closely related to Dolichopodidae, and are not considered distinctive enough to warrant separate families.
Explanation of Names
Of Greek origin, can be translated "near the sea"
Identification
Gray with white hairs (typical of beach Diptera), eyes hairy, scape well developed, wing similar to Oedaleinae but anal lobe slightly reduced, cell cup closed by a straight vein, scutellum with 2-3 pairs of marginal bristles.
Range
In North America restricted to the Pacific coast. Also present in Europe.
Print References
Brooks, Scott E. & Jeffrey M. Cumming (2017). Revision of the Nearctic Parathalassius Mik (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae), with a review of the world fauna. Zootaxa, 4314(1): 1-64 (Full Text freely available here)
Contributed by John F. Carr on 15 March, 2015 - 10:04am
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 1 September, 2017 - 2:43am

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