Thinophilus longicilia Evenhuis & Grootaert 2002
Description
Thinophilus longicilia Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002
Material examined
THAILAND – Phang Nga Prov. • 5 ♂♂, 23 ♀♀; Laem Pakarang, Khuekkhak, Takuapa; 8°44′12.7″ N, 98°13′13.1″ E; 28 Jul. 2018; A. Samoh leg.; hand collecting and sweep netting; PSUNHM.
Distribution
Andaman Sea (Phang Nga province).
Comments
With reference to a study by Grootaert (2018), this species was collected from several mangroves and beaches at low tide in Singapore such as Lim Chu Kang, Sungei Buloh, and Mandai mangroves. In the present study, the first author mainly observed and sampled this marvellous long-legged fly with its long bristles fore and mid legs on a rocky beach at Laem Pakarang in Phang Nga province, southern Thailand during low tide and in areas exposed to the sun.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2018-07-28
- Family
- Dolichopodidae
- Genus
- Thinophilus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Evenhuis & Grootaert
- Species
- longicilia
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2018-07-28
- Taxonomic concept label
- Thinophilus longicilia Evenhuis, 2002 sec. Samoh, Satasook & Grootaert, 2019
References
- Evenhuis N. & Grootaert P. 2002. Annotated checklist of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Singapore, with a description of a new genus and species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50 (2): 301 - 316.
- Grootaert P. 2018. Revision of the genus Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Singapore and adjacent regions: A long term study with a prudent reconciliation of a genetic to a classic morphological approach. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66: 413 - 473.