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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Hydrophorinae » Thambemyia » Thambemyia borealis

Species Thambemyia borealis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Works Cited
White-shouldered beach fly - Thambemyia borealis Thambemyia borealis (Maybe) - Thambemyia borealis Thambemyia borealis (Prolly) - Thambemyia borealis Tide pool fly - 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
Species borealis (Thambemyia borealis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conchopus borealis Takagi, 1965
Explanation of Names
Borealis means northern. In its native range, this is the most northerly species of its genus.
Range
Native to Japan, introduced to New World (California, Alabama, and Peru) by shipping.(1) The species was first collected in 1993 in California and Alabama.
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)
Food
Larvae mainly eat larvae of Chironomidae.
Print References
Brooks, Scott E. and Jeffrey M. Cumming. 2009. First record of a Japanese marine shore dolichopodid fly, Thambemyia (= Conchopus) borealis (Takagi), from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 2112:65-67 (online via mapress)
Masunaga, Kazuhiro et al. 1999. A Remarkable Disjunct Introduction of Conchopus borealis Takagi to the New World (Diptera : Dolichopodidae). Entomological Science 2(3):399-404 (online)
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 - 8:05pm
Last updated 30 July, 2014 - 11:39am

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