''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 ''Eothalassius'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. 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 ...

'' Cumming & Brooks, 2011 – Costa Rica *'' 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 *'' Eothalassius merzi'' (Gatt, 2003) – Cyprus, Malta, Mediterranean coast of Turkey *''

Eothalassius platypalpus ''Eothalassius'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. 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 ...

'' Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005 – Papua New Guinea

References

Dolichopodidae genera Parathalassiinae {{Dolichopodidae-stub