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Revision of the genus Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of a new subgenus
Author(s) -
MASUNAGA Kazuhiro,
SAIGUSA Toyohei,
GROOTAERT Patrick
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00143.x
Subject(s) - dolichopodidae , subgenus , biology , genus , zoology , key (lock) , ecology
The genus Thambemyia Oldroyd is revised. Five species are recognized. Three new species – T. bisetosa , T. bruneiensis and T. hui – are described, and T. pagdeni Oldroyd, 1956 is redescribed. A new subgenus is founded for one new Japanese species, T. (Prothambemyia) japonica . A key to all known species of the genus is provided. Their distributions are also discussed.