Parathalassiinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Parathalassiinae
Genera (12): Amphithalassius – Chimerothalassius – Eothalassius – Microphorella – Neothalassius – Parathalassius – Plesiothalassius – Thalassophorus – ?†Archichrysotus – ?†Cretomicrophorus – †Electrophorella – †Retinitus
[source: Sinclair & Cumming (2006)]

Name

Parathalassiinae Chvála, 1981

Type genus: Parathalassius Mik, 1891.

Synonymy

Parathalassiini Chvála, 1981: 230, 231

References

Primary references

Chvála, M. 1981. Classification and phylogeny of Empididae, with a presumed origin of Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement 15: 225–236.

Additional references

Badano, D., Sinclair, B.J., Zhang, Q., Palermo, F., Pieroni, N., Maugeri, L., Fratini, M. & Cerretti, P. 2023. New Cretaceous empidoids and the Mesozoic dance fly revolution (Diptera: Empidoidea). Cladistics 39(4): 337–357. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12536 . Reference page.
Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2011. The New World genera of Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.), with new species of Thalassophorus and Eothalassius. The Canadian Entomologist 143(5): 423–446. DOI: 10.4039/n11-027 . Reference page.
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.3.7 . Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2022. New Australasian Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato). Zootaxa 5188(6): 521–543. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.6.2 . Reference page.
Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2023. The first Neotropical and Afrotropical species of Microphorella Becker, with a key to the genera of Parathalassiinae and species of Microphorella from the Southern Hemisphere (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato). Zootaxa 5301(5): 581–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.5.5 . Reference page.
Chvála, M. 1988. Revision of Palaearctic Microphoridae (Diptera) 3. Parathalassiinae (Parathalassius Mik and Microphorella Becker). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 85(5): 352–372. Online.
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.5 pdf. Reference page.
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. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.016 . Reference page.
Sinclair, B.J. & Cumming, J.M. 2006. The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa 1180: 1–172. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1. PDF A, PDF B. Reference page.
Ulrich, H. 1991. Two new genera of parathalassiine-like flies from South Africa (Diptera, Empidoidea). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 42(2): 187–216. PDF
Yang, D., Zhang, K.-Y., Yao, G. & Zhang, J.-H. 2007. World Catalog of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. 599 pp. ISBN 978-7-81117-423-6. Abstract at NHBS. Reference page.