''Parathalassius'' 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 is found along sandy sea coasts in both the

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

and

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...

realms. The name "''Parathalassius''" is of

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

origin, and can be translated as "near the sea".

Species

* ''

Parathalassius abela ''Parathalassius'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found along sandy sea coasts in both the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms. The name "''Parathalassius''" is of Greek language, Greek origin, and can be translated as " ...

'' Brooks & Cumming, 2017 * '' Parathalassius aldrichi'' Melander, 1906 * '' Parathalassius blasigii'' Mik, 1891 * '' Parathalassius candidatus'' Melander, 1906 * '' Parathalassius dilatus'' Brooks & Cumming, 2017 * '' Parathalassius infuscatus'' Brooks & Cumming, 2017 * '' Parathalassius maritimus'' Shamshev, 1998 * '' Parathalassius melanderi'' Cole, 1912 * '' Parathalassius midas'' Brooks & Cumming, 2017 * '' Parathalassius sinclairi'' Brooks & Cumming, 2017 * '' Parathalassius socali'' Brooks & Cumming, 2017 * '' Parathalassius susanae'' Brooks & Cumming, 2017 * '' Parathalassius ulrichi'' Shamshev, 1998 * '' Parathalassius uniformus'' Brooks & Cumming, 2017 * '' Parathalassius wheeleri'' Brooks & Cumming, 2017 ''Parathalassius capensis'' Smith, 1972 was moved to ''

Plesiothalassius ''Plesiothalassius'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found along sandy sea coasts in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa ...

''.

References

Dolichopodidae genera Parathalassiinae Taxa named by Josef Mik {{Dolichopodidae-stub