''Eothalassius'' 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 four described species, from Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica and the Mediterranean. It also contains three undescribed species, one from New Caledonia and two from Japan.
Species
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Eothalassius borkenti''
Cumming & Brooks, 2011 – Costa Rica
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Eothalassius gracilis''
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005 – Thailand, Indonesia (
Irian Jaya
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Austral ...
), Papua New Guinea
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Eothalassius merzi''
(Gatt, 2003) – Cyprus, Malta, Mediterranean coast of Turkey
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Eothalassius platypalpus''
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005 – Papua New Guinea
References
Dolichopodidae genera
Parathalassiinae
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