''Chimerothalassius'' is a genus of

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

in the family

Dolichopodidae Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus '' Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally a ...

. It contains five described species, two from

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

, two from

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and one from the

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

. It also contains three undescribed species, two from New Zealand and one from

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Species

* '' Chimerothalassius ismayi'' Shamshev & Grootaert, 2003 – New Zealand * '' Chimerothalassius marshalli'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 – New Zealand * '' Chimerothalassius riparius'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 – New Caledonia * '' Chimerothalassius runyoni'' Brooks & Cumming, 2018 – Montserrat, Dominica * '' Chimerothalassius sinclairi'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 – New Caledonia

References

Dolichopodidae genera Parathalassiinae Diptera of Australasia Diptera of North America {{Dolichopodidae-stub