Genus Thambemyia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

White-shouldered beach fly - Thambemyia borealis

Thambemyia borealis (Prolly) - Thambemyia borealis

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 Hydrophorinae

Genus Thambemyia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Considered here to include Conchopus, following the regional catalog.(1) If the genera are distinct the sole North American species belongs in Conchopus.

Range

Hawaii to India, with most species native to Japan. One species introduced to New World.

Habitat

"Like Paraphrosylus, species of Thambemyia live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky seashores or coral reefs. The predaceous larvae live among barnacles in the littoral zone and pupate in the valves of dead barnacles."(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico Marc A. A. Pollet et al. 2003. American Museum of Natural History.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 13 January, 2014 - 7:59pm
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 10:05am

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