Parathalassiinae

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
Genera (12): Amphithalassius – Chimerothalassius – Eothalassius – Microphorella – Neothalassius – Parathalassius – Plesiothalassius – Thalassophorus – †Archichrysotus – †Cretomicrophorus – †Electrophorella – †Retinitus
[source: Sinclair & Cumming (2006)]
Name

Parathalassiinae Chvála, 1981

Type genus: Parathalassius Mik, 1891.
Synonymy

Parathalassiini Chvála, 1981: 230, 231

References
Primary references

Chvála, M. 1981. Classification and phylogeny of Empididae, with a presumed origin of Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement 15: 225–236.

Additional references

Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2011. The New World genera of Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.), with new species of Thalassophorus and Eothalassius. The Canadian Entomologist 143(5): 423–446. DOI: 10.4039/n11-027 Paywall. Reference page.
Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2016. Neothalassius, a new genus of Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae s.lat.) from the Pacific coast of South America. Zootaxa 4066(3): 311–322. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.3.7. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Chvála, M. 1988. Revision of Palaearctic Microphoridae (Diptera) 3. Parathalassiinae (Parathalassius Mik and Microphorella Becker). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 85(5): 352–372. Online.
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 Open access. Reference page.
Shamshev, I.V. & Grootaert, P. 2005. Eothalassius, a new genus of parathalassiine flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. European journal of entomology, 102(1): 107–118. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.016 PDF
Sinclair, B.J. & Cumming, J.M. 2006. The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa 1180: 1–172. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1. PDF A, PDF B. Reference page.
Ulrich, H. 1991. Two new genera of parathalassiine-like flies from South Africa (Diptera, Empidoidea). Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 42 (2): 187–216. PDF
Yang, D., Zhang, K.-Y., Yao, G. & Zhang, J.-H. 2007. World catalog of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. 599 pp. ISBN 978-7-81117-423-6 [not seen]. Reference page.

Parathalassiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1] It is part of an extended concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, and forms a monophyletic group with Dolichopodidae sensu stricto. It was once placed provisionally in the subfamily Microphorinae as the tribe Parathalassiini.[2]

According to Germann et al. (2011), there is strong evidence for placing Parathalassiinae within Dolichopodidae sensu stricto.[3]
Genera

The subfamily currently includes 12 genera:[4]

Amphithalassius Ulrich, 1991[5]
†Archichrysotus Negrobov, 1978[6]
Chimerothalassius Shamshev & Grootaert, 2003[7]
†Cretomicrophorus Negrobov, 1978[6]
†Electrophorella Cumming & Brooks, 2002[8]
Eothalassius Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005[9]
Microphorella Becker, 1909
Neothalassius Brooks & Cumming, 2016[10]
Parathalassius Mik, 1891
Plesiothalassius Ulrich, 1991[5]
†Retinitus Negrobov, 1978[6]
Thalassophorus Saigusa, 1986

References

Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (September 7, 2012). "The New World genera of Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae s.l.), with new species of Thalassophorus and Eothalassius". The Canadian Entomologist. 143 (5): 423–446. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1180: 1–172. ISBN 1-877407-80-1. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
Germann, C.; Pollet, M.; Wimmer, C.; Bernasconi, M.V. (2011). "Molecular data sheds light on the classification of long-legged flies (Diptera : Dolichopodidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 25 (4): 303–321. doi:10.1071/IS11029.
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.
Ulrich, H. (1991). "Two new genera of parathalassiine-Iike flies from South Africa (Diptera, Empidoidea)" (PDF). Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 42 (2): 187–216.
Negrobov, O. P. (1978). "Мухи надсемейства Empididoidea (Diptera) из мелового ретинита Северной Сибири" [Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia] (PDF). Paleontological Journal (in Russian). 12 (2): 221–228.
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. (2002). "Electrophorella, a new genus of parathalassiine flies from Baltic amber, with a cladistic analysis of the Microphorinae + Dolichopodidae lineage (Diptera: Empidoidea)". Studia dipterologica. 9 (1): 41–54.
Shamshev, I.V.; Grootaert, P. (2005). "Eothalassius, a new genus of parathalassiine flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology. 102 (1): 107–118. doi:10.14411/eje.2005.016.
Brooks, S.E.; Cumming, J.M. (2016). "Neothalassius, a new genus of Parathalassiinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae s.lat.) from the Pacific coast of South America". Zootaxa. 4066 (3): 311–322. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4066.3.7. PMID 27395554.