Thambemyia

Thambemyia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It known from the Oriental and Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic species from Japan. Conchopus is sometimes considered a synonym of the genus.[3]

Thambemyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophorinae
Genus:	Thambemyia Oldroyd, 1956[1]
Type species
Thambemyia pagdeni Oldroyd, 1956[1]

Species

Subgenus Thambemyia Oldroyd, 1956:

• Thambemyia bisetosa Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005[4] – Hong Kong (Lantau Island)
• Thambemyia bruneiensis Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005[4] – Brunei
• Thambemyia fusariae Capellari, 2015[3] – Brazil (Bahia)
• Thambemyia hui Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005[4] – China (Fujian), Taiwan
• Thambemyia lopatini Grichanov, 2013[5] – India (Gujarat)
• Thambemyia pagdeni Oldroyd, 1956[1] – Malaysia (Penang Island), Thailand (Phuket Island)

Subgenus Prothambemyia Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005:[4]

• Thambemyia japonica Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005[4] – Japan (Shikoku, Kyushu)

If Conchopus is a synonym of Thambemyia, the following species would also be included in the genus:

• Thambemyia abdominalis (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia acrosticalis (Parent, 1937)[6]
• Thambemyia anomalopus (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia borealis (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia convergens (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia corvus (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia mammuthus (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia nodulata (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia poseidonia (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia pudica (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia recta (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia saigusai (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia shandongensis Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2005[7]
• Thambemyia sigmigra (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia signata (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia sikokiana (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia sinuata (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia taivanensis (Takagi, 1967)
• Thambemyia uvasima (Takagi, 1965)

References

1. Oldroyd, H. (1956). "A new genus and species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Malaya". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B. 25 (1): 210–211.
2. Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
3. Capellari, R. S. (2015). "First record of Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Brazil, with description of a new species". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 3 (20): 1–7. doi:10.12976/jib/2015.3.20.
4. Masunaga, K.; Saigusa, T.; Grootaert, P. (2005). "Revision of the genus Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of a new subgenus". Entomological Science. 8 (4): 439–455. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00143.x.
5. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2013). "A new species of Thambemyia Oldroyd, 1956 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Gujarat, India". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 9 (1): 191–193. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-191-193.
6. Parent, O. (1938). "Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii" (PDF). Konowia. 16: 209–219. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
7. Zhu, Y.; Yang, D.; Masunaga, K. (2005). "A review of the species of Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China". Aquatic Insects. 27 (4): 299–307. doi:10.1080/01650420500328316.

Further reading

• Jackson, Morgan D.; Miorelli, Nancy C.; Bond, Alexander L. (2017). "New Record of the Non-Native Long-Legged Fly Thambemyia borealis (Takagi 1965) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in North America and an Example of Twitter's Utility for Natural History Documentation". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119 (1): 151–156. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.151.