New marine Thinophilus species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Hydrophorinae) from the Thai Andaman Sea coast and new records from peninsular Thailand

  • Abdulloh SAMOH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum (PSUNHM), Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Kho Hong, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
  • Chutamas SATASOOK Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum (PSUNHM), Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Kho Hong, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
  • Patrick GROOTAERT Entomology Research Unit, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Vautierstraat 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.505
Keywords: Hydrophorinae, mangrove, new species, Thai Peninsula, Thinophilus

Abstract

Three new species of Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 are described from marine sites on the Andaman Sea coasts in peninsular Thailand: T. inaequalis Samoh & Grootaert sp. nov. belonging to the ‘Thinophilus simplex-group’ sensu Grootaert, 2018, T. plektron Samoh & Grootaert sp. nov., an unplaced species characterised by a long flattened apical spur on the hind tibia, and T. subapicalis Samoh & Grootaert sp. nov. belonging to the ‘Thinophilus spinatus-group’ sensu Grootaert, 2018. New records are given for following species occurring in peninsular Thailand: T. apicatus Grootaert, 2018, T. chaetulosus Grootaert, 2018, T. clavatus Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2006, T. evenhuisi Grootaert, 2018, T. lenachanae Grootaert, 2018, T. longicilia Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002, T. nigrilineatus Grootaert, 2018, T. simplex Grootaert, 2018, T. superbus Grootaert, 2018, and T. yeoi Grootaert, 2018.

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Published
2019-03-12
How to Cite
SAMOH, A., SATASOOK, C., & GROOTAERT, P. (2019). New marine Thinophilus species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Hydrophorinae) from the Thai Andaman Sea coast and new records from peninsular Thailand. European Journal of Taxonomy, (505). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.505
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No. 505 (2019): New marine Thinophilus species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Hydrophorinae) from the Thai Andaman Sea coast and new records from peninsular Thailand
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Entomology

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