Biology:Thalassophorus

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Thalassophorus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Parathalassiinae
Genus: Thalassophorus
Saigusa, 1986
Type species
Thalassophorus spinipennis
Saigusa, 1986

Thalassophorus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Dolichopodidae.[1] It is known from Japan and North America.[2]

Species

Two species are included in the genus:

  • Thalassophorus arnaudi Brooks & Cumming, 2011 – British Columbia, Oregon, California [2]
  • Thalassophorus spinipennis Saigusa, 1986Japan

References

  1. "Thalassophorus Saigusa, 1986" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1605740. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 

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