Epithalassius

Epithalassius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophorinae
Tribe:	Epithalassiini
Genus:	Epithalassius Mik, 1891[1]
Type species
Epithalassius sanctimarci Mik, 1891[1]

Epithalassius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae,[2] with eight known species. They are generally found in the Palaearctic, occurring on sand beaches near the coast.[3] An exception to this is E. africus, which was described from a damaged female specimen collected near Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. The generic assignment of this African species has been doubted.[4] E. corsicanus has also been recorded from Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, and is probably an introduced species to the island.[3]

Species

The following eight species are included in the genus:[3]

• Epithalassius africus Parent, 1930[5] – Congo (near Brazzaville)
• Epithalassius caucasicus Becker, 1918[6] – Bulgaria, "Black Sea coast of the Caucasus"
• Epithalassius corsicanus Becker, 1910 – France (Corsica), Israel, Saint Helena (introduced?)
• Epithalassius elegantula Villeneuve, 1920[7] – France (Royan, Finistère)
• Epithalassius gloagueni Grichanov, 2021[3] – France (Brittany)
• Epithalassius sanctimarci Mik, 1891[1] – Corsica, Italy, Spain
• Epithalassius stackelbergi Besovski, 1966[8] – Bulgaria, Romania
• Epithalassius susmani Grichanov, 2008[4] – Israel

References

1. Mik, Josef (1891). "Epithalassius sancti marci, ein neues Dipteron aus Venedig". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 10: 186–187. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2021). "A new species of Epithalassius (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Brittany, France". Nature Conservation Research. 6 (2): 1–5. doi:10.24189/ncr.2021.021.
4. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2008). "Systematics of the genus Epithalassius Mik, 1891 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 4 (1): 131–136. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2008-4-1-131-136.
5. Parent, Octave (1930). "Espèces nouvelles de Dolichopodides (Diptères) conservés au Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 50: 86–115.
6. Becker, Theodor (1918). "Dipterologische Studien. Dolichopodidae. Dritter Teil". Nova Acta Acad. Caesar. Leopold. Carol. 104: 35–214.
7. Villeneuve, Joseph (1920). "Diptères inédites". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1919: 352–355.
8. Besovski, V. L. (1966). "Epithalassius stackelbergi n. sp. une nouvelle espece de Diptera (Dolichopodidae) du littoral bulgare de la Mer Noire". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie Bulgare des Sciences. 19: 1079–1082.