Chimerothalassius

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Parathalassiinae
Genus: Chimerothalassius
Species (2): C. ismayi – C. runyoni
Name

Chimerothalassius Shamshev & Grootaert, 2003: 131

Gender: masculine
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Chimerothalassius ismayi Shamshev & Grootaert, 2003
Fixation: original designation (p. 131) [and monotypy]
ZooBank: 8FA6605E-5BF8-439C-8AE0-EE50198A78BF

References
Primary references

Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2003. A new genus of Microphorinae (Diptera Empidoidea) from New Zealand. Belgian Journal of Entomology 4(2) (2002): 129–144. PDF. Reference page. [See p. 131]

Additional references

Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.N. 2018. New species of Chimerothalassius Shamshev & Grootaert (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae) from the West Indies and Costa Rica. Zootaxa 4387(3): 511–523. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.6 Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Chimerothalassius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains two described species, one from New Zealand and one from the Caribbean. It also contains three undescribed species, two from New Zealand and one from Costa Rica.[2]
Species

Chimerothalassius ismayi Shamshev & Grootaert, 2003[1]
Chimerothalassius runyoni Brooks & Cumming, 2018[3]

References

Shamshev, I.V.; Grootaert, P. (2002). "A new genus of Microphorinae (Diptera Empidoidea) from New Zealand" (PDF). Belgian Journal of Entomology. 4: 129–144.
Cumming, J.M.; Brooks, S.E. (2019). "Phylogenetic analysis and preliminary classification of the Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa. 4648 (1): 111–129. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.5.
Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2018). "New species of Chimerothalassius Shamshev & Grootaert (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae) from the West Indies and Costa Rica" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4387 (3): 511–523. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.6.