Eur. J. Entomol. 102 (1): 107-118, 2005 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.016

Eothalassius, a new genus of parathalassiine flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea

Igor V. SHAMSHEV*,1, Patrick GROOTAERT2
1 All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Shosse Podbel'skogo 3, 188620 St. Petersburg - Pushkin, Russia; e-mail: shamshev@mail.ru
2 Department of Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium; e-mail: Patrick.Grootaert@naturalsciences.be

A new genus of parathalassiine-like flies, Eothalassius gen. n., and two new species, Eothalassius platypalpus sp. n. (type species), E. gracilis sp. n., are described from the coasts of Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. The phylogenetic relationships of the new genus with other genera assigned to Parathalassiinae and Dolichopodidae are discussed.

Keywords: Taxonomy, Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae, Parathalassiinae, Eothalassius, new genus, new species, Oriental region

Received: February 5, 2004; Revised: July 7, 2004; Accepted: September 21, 2004; Published: March 25, 2005  Show citation

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SHAMSHEV, I.V., & GROOTAERT, P. (2005). Eothalassius, a new genus of parathalassiine flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. EJE, 102(1), 107-118. doi: 10.14411/eje.2005.016
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