Parathalassiinae is a subfamily 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. It is part of an extended concept of the family, Dolichopodidae ''
sensu lato
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'', and forms a monophyletic group with Dolichopodidae ''
sensu stricto
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''. It was once placed provisionally in the subfamily
Microphorinae as the tribe Parathalassiini.
According to a
molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Dolichopodidae by Germann ''et al.'' (2011), there is strong evidence for placing Parathalassiinae within Dolichopodidae ''sensu stricto''.
Genera
The subfamily currently includes 12 genera:
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Amphithalassius''
Ulrich, 1991
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Archichrysotus''
Negrobov, 1978 –
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cre ...
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Chimerothalassius''
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2003
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Cretomicrophorus''
Negrobov, 1978 – Late Cretaceous
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Electrophorella''
Cumming & Brooks, 2002 –
Baltic amber
Baltic amber or succinite is amber from the Baltic region, home of its largest known deposits. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that this forested region provided the re ...
,
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
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Eothalassius''
Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005
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Microphorella''
Becker, 1909
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Neothalassius''
Brooks & Cumming, 2016
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Parathalassius''
Mik, 1891
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Plesiothalassius''
Ulrich, 1991
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Retinitus''
Negrobov, 1978 –
Taymyr amber,
Coniacian/
Santonian
The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 86.3 ± 0.7 mya ( million years ago) and 83.6 ± 0.7 m ...
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Thalassophorus
''Thalassophorus'' is a genus of flies belonging to the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Japan and North America.
Species
Two species are included in the genus:
* '' Thalassophorus arnaudi'' Brooks & Cumming, 2011 – British Columbia, O ...
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Saigusa, 1986
References
External links
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Dolichopodidae subfamilies