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282DC677E93AFF9CC03FC89FFAB57AC8.text	282DC677E93AFF9CC03FC89FFAB57AC8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus Wahlberg 1844	<div><p>Genus Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844</p><p>Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844: 37 .</p><p>Type species: Rhaphium flavipalpe Zetterstedt, 1843 (monotypy).</p><p>Thinophilus Schiødte, 1844: 44 (nec Wahlberg, 1844).</p><p>Type species: Rhaphium flavipalpe Zetterstedt, 1843 (monotypy).</p><p>Schoenophilus Mik, 1878: 9 .</p><p>Type species: Thinophilus versutus Haliday, 1851 (original designation).</p><p>Pseudacropsilus Strobl, 1899: 122 .</p><p>Type species: Pseudacropsilus maculipennis Strobl, 1899 [= Thinophilus versutus (Haliday, 1851)] (designation by Negrobov 1991: 38).</p><p>Paralleloneurum Becker, 1902: 51 .</p><p>Type species: Paralleloneurum cilifemoratum Becker, 1902 (monotypy), syn. nov.</p><p>Parathinophilus Parent, 1932: 161 .</p><p>Type species: Parathinophilus expolitus Parent, 1932 (monotypy).</p><p>Notes</p><p>See diagnosis and discussion in Negrobov (1979) and Grootaert (2018).</p><p>Grootaert &amp; Meuffels (1984, 1998) distinguished three subgenera of Thinophilus in the Australasian and Oriental Regions, i.e., Thinophilus s.s., Parathinophilus Parent, 1832 and Schoenophilus Mik, 1878, and noted that the differences between them are rather poor. Negrobov (1979) and Grootaert &amp; Meuffels (1998) described Paralleloneurum, originally described from Egypt and known also from the Oriental Region. The authors provided only one reliable character, the presence of four pairs of strong dorsocentrals on the mesonotum, to distinguish this genus from Thinophilus with five or more dorsocentrals, either nearly equal in length or greatly decreasing in length anteriorly. Later, a lot of Oriental species of Thinophilus with four pairs of dorsocentrals were described by Grootaert and his co-authors (Grootaert et al. 2015; Samoh et al. 2017, 2019; Grootaert 2018); with some of these species having apical or dorsoapical arista on postpedicel. Nevertheless, the status of Paralleloneurum Becker, 1902, Parathinophilus and Schoenophilus was not discussed.</p><p>Negrobov (1979) described also Thinophilus versutus Haliday, 1851 in the genus Schoenophilus that was considered a subgenus or synonym of Thinophilus by some authors before and after 1979. He distinguished Schoenophilus from Thinophilus by the presence of only four pairs of dorsocentrals on the mesonotum and from Thinophilus and Paralleloneurum by apical or subapical arista on postpedicel.</p><p>Both Paralleloneurum and Schoenophilus are regarded here as synonyms of Thinophilus (see also Discussion section). Therefore, the following new combinations are here established: Thinophilus cilifemoratus (Becker, 1902), comb. nov. and T. pygmaeus (De Meijere, 1916), comb. nov. The latter species is known only from type locality in Indonesia (Java) (De Meijere, 1916). The status of the Australian subgenus Parathinophilus needs further study. As a result, the tribe Thinophilini includes now only two genera, Thinophilus and Machaerium Haliday, 1832 with three known species in the latter genus. Incompletely described Thinophilus aquaticus Becker, 1914 known by females from Kenya (Tiwi), is not included into the key below. Thinophilus atritarsis Parent, 1929 and T. tinctus Parent, 1929 known by females from South Eastern Desert of Egypt were included into the Afrotropical Catalog (Grichanov 2018), but they are excluded here from the Region. The Palaearctic T. quadrimaculatus Becker, 1902 is also excluded from the Afrotropical fauna (see below). Thinophilus atritarsis, T. tinctus and T. quadrimaculatus are inserted into the key to West and Central Palaearctic species of Thinophilus (Grichanov 2022) .</p><p>Key to Afrotropical species of Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (males)</p><p>North African Thinophilus versutus and T. cilifemoratus comb. nov. are included in square brackets. See discussion for species groups and subgroups.</p><p>1. Mesonotum with four strong dorsocentrals of almost equal length; body length less than 2.5 mm 2</p><p>– Mesonotum with at least five dorsocentrals, usually greatly decreasing in length anteriorly; body usually longer than 3 mm ................................................................................................................. 7</p><p>2. Body and legs with only whitish yellow bristles (Fig. 6A); body: 1.7 mm ( T. gallagheri group) ................................................................................................................ T. gallagheri sp. nov.</p><p>– Body and legs with mainly black bristles ( T. versutus group) .......................................................... 3</p><p>3. Palp brown-black; propleural bristles black (Negrobov 1979: 436); body: 1.7–2.5 mm ................... .................................................................................................................[ T. versutus Haliday, 1851]</p><p>– Palp yellow; propleural bristles white .............................................................................................. 4</p><p>4. Male cercus long, reaching almost to base of abdomen (Fig. 3H); body: 2.0– 2.5 mm ...................... ..................................................................................................................... T. prudens Curran, 1926</p><p>– Male cercus short, about as long as tergite 5 .................................................................................... 5</p><p>5. Male fore femur with long ventral setae, 2 × as long as femur height; legs yellow; cercus yellow (Fig. 7A); body: 2.0 mm ....................................................................................... T. sigwalti sp. nov.</p><p>– Male fore femur with short ventral setae, not longer or slightly longer than femur height; legs and cercus yellow or dark ........................................................................................................................ 6</p><p>6 Legs mostly brownish yellow, with femora mostly brown; cercus black (Fig. 8A); body: 2.2 mm .. ................................................................................................................................ T. saegeri sp. nov.</p><p>– Legs mostly light yellow; cercus yellow (Negrobov 1979: 437); body: 1.5–2.0 mm......................... ....................................................................................................... [ T. cilifemoratus (Becker, 1902)]</p><p>7. Scutellum with two pairs of almost equal in length bristles; palp with white setae; body: 6.0 mm (female only) ........................................................................................... T. quadrisetus Parent, 1936</p><p>– Another combination of characters ................................................................................................... 8</p><p>8. Pedicel long, with broad distodorsal and narrow distoventral lobes (Negrobov 1978: figs 1384– 1385); sternite 4 of male abdomen with lateral groups of bristles (Dawah et al. 2020: fig. 5c); body: 5.0– 5.5 mm ............................................................................................... T. promotus Becker, 1910</p><p>– Pedicel without such lobes; sternite 4 of male abdomen with at most long hairs ............................ 9</p><p>9. Sternites 3 and 4 of male abdomen with tuft of long hairs (e.g., Fig. 3G) ( T. imperialis group) ... 10</p><p>– Sternites 3 and 4 of male abdomen without tuft of long hairs ........................................................ 12</p><p>10. Cercus flat and short, band-like (lateral view), pointed on apex, reaching apex of surstylus; Surstylus with one midventral process (Fig. 3 С); sternites 3 and 4 of abdomen with tuft of white hairs; body: 6–7 mm ............................................................................................... T. ciliventris Grichanov, 1997</p><p>– Cercus very long, extending to base of abdomen, broad on basal third, filiform distally; sternites 3 and 4 of abdomen with tuft of mainly black hairs ...........................................................................11</p><p>11. Fore tibia with 3–4 dorsal bristles, not longer than tibia width; surstylus at middle 2 × as wide as that at base (lateral view) (Fig. 3F); body: 5.5 mm ...................................... T. imperialis (Curran, 1924)</p><p>– Fore tibia with 3–4 dorsal bristles, 2 × as long as tibia width; surstylus at middle slightly wider than that at base (lateral view) (Fig. 9E); body: 6.3 mm ........................................ T. longicercus sp. nov.</p><p>12. Mesonotum with distinct dark lateral spot at notopleura (e.g., Dawah et al. 2020: fig. 5a) ( T. indigenus group) .............................................................................................................................................. 13</p><p>– Mesonotum monochrome, or with longitudinal stripes dorsally, without dark lateral spots, rarely with postalar dark spot .................................................................................................................... 16</p><p>13. Mesonotum with additional spot in front of scutellum ................................................................... 14</p><p>– Mesonotum without spot in front of scutellum ............................................................................... 15</p><p>14. Fore basitarsus without ventral spines, with simple setulae only (Dawah et al. 2020: fig. 5a); male genitalia as in Negrobov (1978: figs 1371–1373); body: 2.5–3.0 mm ..... T. indigenus Becker, 1902</p><p>– Fore basitarsus with row of very short spinules (Vanschuytbroeck 1951: fig. 20); body: 5.2– 5.8 mm .................................................................................... T. splendidus Vanschuytbroeck, 1951</p><p>15. Mesonotum with five dorsocentrals; legs mostly yellow; fore femur without ventral comb of setae; mid tibia curved at middle (Bezzi 1906: 302); body: 4 mm .................... T. setulipalpis Bezzi, 1906</p><p>– Mesonotum with at least six dorsocentrals; legs mostly black; fore femur with ventral rows of black setae (Curran, 1926: fig. 14); mid tibia simple; body: 5.0– 5.5 mm ..................... T. rex Curran, 1926</p><p>16. Scutellum with 3 to 8 pairs of strong marginal spines in addition to one pair of long bristles; tarsomeres 1 and 2 of hind tarsus annulate with yellow and black ( T. quadrisetus group, in part) 17</p><p>– Scutellum with at most two pairs of bristles; hind tarsomeres variously coloured ........................ 18</p><p>17. Fore coxa with black setae and pale hairs; fore femur with a few long black ventral hairs in basal third; scutellum with 6 to 8 pairs of spines (Fig. 4 С); body: 4.5–5.0 mm .......................................... .......................................................................................................... T. munroi munroi Curran, 1926</p><p>– Fore coxa and femur with pale hairs only; scutellum with 3 to 5 pairs of spines (Fig. 5 С); body: 4.5–4.7 mm ..................................................................... T. munroi setiscutellatus Grichanov, 1997</p><p>18. Male hind coxa with long straight apical spine (Dawah et al. 2020: fig. 5b); body: 4.0– 4.5 mm ................................................................................................... T. ochripalpis Becker, 1910</p><p>– Male hind coxa without spine ......................................................................................................... 19</p><p>19. Male fore basitarsus with nearly right-angled bend; mid femur with posteroventral setae in middle part, at least half as long as femur diameter; male genitalia as in Negrobov (1978: figs 1378–1380), Grichanov (1997: fig. 1); body: 3.9–5.5 ................................................... T. mirandus Becker, 1907</p><p>– Male fore basitarsus straight or fairly curved; mid femur with short or long setae in middle part 20</p><p>20. Palp with black setae; tarsi gradually darkened towards tarsomere 5 ( T. indigenus group mainly) ............................................................................................................................................ 21</p><p>– Palp with white setae; tarsomeres often more or less distinctly annulated ( T. calopus group) ...... 28</p><p>21. Fore basitarsus with ventral row of short but strong black spines, at least half as long as article diameter .......................................................................................................................................... 22</p><p>– Fore basitarsus without ventral spines, with simple setulae only ................................................... 23</p><p>22. Fore tarsomere 4with strong dorsal bristle, as long as or longer than tarsomeres 4 and 5 combined; male genitalia as in Negrobov (1978: figs 1393–1396); body: 3.7–5.4 mm .... T. spinitarsis Becker, 1907</p><p>– Fore tarsomere 4 with short setae; body: 4 mm ....................................... T. spinulosus Parent, 1929</p><p>23. Wing crossvein dm-m half as long as distal part of M 4 (Fig. 10F); fore tibia ⅓ longer than fore tarsus (4 /) (Fig. 10D–E); body: 1.8 mm ( T. deemingi group) ....................................... T. deemingi sp. nov. 3</p><p>– Wing crossvein dm-m as long as or ⅔ as long as distal part of M 4; fore tibia not longer than fore tarsus ............................................................................................................................................... 24</p><p>24. Antenna almost entirely yellow, brownish dorsally; femora with 2 more or less full rows of ventral setae, nearly half as long as femur height; cercus broad in middle, narrowed towards apex; dm-m as long as distal part of M 4 (Grichanov 2012: fig. 24); body: 3.5 mm ............. T. palpatus Parent, 1929</p><p>– Antenna distinctly black dorsally; other features various ............................................................... 25</p><p>25. Fore coxa with mainly white setae, with at most 2–3 black apical bristles; mid coxa with white setae and 1 black bristle; cerci dorsally adjoined, leaflike (Fig. 11G); body: 4.3 mm ................................ ........................................................................................................................ T. manambato sp. nov.</p><p>– Fore coxa with mainly black bristles and setae; mid coxa with black bristle and setae; cerci various.............................................................................................................................................. 26</p><p>26. Wing crossvein dm-m ⅔ as long as distal part of M 4; cercus gradually narrowed towards apex (Fig. 3E); body: 4–5 mm ............................................................................ T. capensis Curran, 1926</p><p>– Wing crossvein dm-m as long as distal part of M 4; cercus leaflike ................................................ 27</p><p>27. Antenna almost entirely black; palp black-brown on basal half; cerci dorsally widely separated, elongate-ovate, with narrow finger-like apex (Fig. 13F); body: 3.8 mm ( T. versutus group, in part) ................................................................................................................... T. cataractae sp. nov.</p><p>– Antenna black dorsally, yellow ventrally; palp entirely yellow; cerci dorsally adjoined, leaflike (Fig. 12F); body: 3.1 mm ...................................................................................... T. fluvialis sp. nov.</p><p>28. Fore coxa anteriorly and fore femur ventrally with mainly black hairs; hind femur poorly setose; cercus 1.5 × as long as tergite 5 (Fig. 3D); body: 6 mm .............................. T. virgatus Curran, 1926</p><p>– Fore coxa and femur with almost exclusively white hairs; hind femur with or without long setae; male cercus at most as long as tergite 5 .......................................................................................... 29</p><p>29. Hind femur with ventral rows of black setae, about 2 × as long as femur height (Fig. 2C); all tarsomeres annulate with black and white (Fig. 2A); body: 4–5 mm ............. T. calopus Loew, 1852</p><p>– Hind femur with ventral rows of short white hairs or glabrous; tarsi not annulate ........................ 30</p><p>30. All tarsi entirely black or brownish at base (Fig. 1A); surstylus straight, slightly narrowed distally (Fig. 1E); body: 2.5–3.3 mm ............................................................... T. argyropalpis Becker, 1910</p><p>– All tarsi mostly yellow, with last segments dark or dark at apices ( T. quadrisetus group, in part) 31</p><p>31. Mid femur with row of ventral setae on distal half, 2 × as long as femur height; tarsi gradually darkened towards tips (Fig. 15A); surstylus bilobate, with narrow lobes (Fig. 15F); cerci free, evenly broad to apex (Fig. 15E); body: 4 mm ........................................................... T. subpalpatus sp. nov.</p><p>– Mid femur with rows of ventral setae, half as long as femur height; tarsomere 5 of all tarsi deep black (Fig. 14D); tarsomeres 1–4 of fore and mid tarsi yellow (Fig. 14A); tarsomeres 1–4 of fore tarsus ventrally with silvery shine; surstylus one-lobed, widened distally (lateral view); cerci dorsally fused at base, free and narrow distally (Fig. 14G); body: 5.5 mm ............................. T. medvedevi sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E93AFF9CC03FC89FFAB57AC8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E93EFF92C057C850FAF47959.text	282DC677E93EFF92C057C850FAF47959.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus argyropalpis Becker 1910	<div><p>Thinophilus argyropalpis Becker, 1910</p><p>Fig. 1</p><p>Thinophilus argyropalpis Becker, 1910: 139 .</p><p>Type locality: Egypt, Port Said.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>SENEGAL • ♂ (with apparently washed pruinosity); “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-16.95&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=14.4" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -16.95/lat 14.4)">M’Bour</a>; St. ORSTOM; [14°24′ N, 16°57′ W]; Piège de Malaise [Malaise trap]; 11 Dec. 1980; B. Sigwalt leg.”; MNHP.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus argyropalpis Becker, 1910 keys to T. subpalpatus sp. nov. and T. medvedevi sp. nov., differing from the latter in entirely black tarsi and black apices of tibiae; surstylus straight, slightly narrowed distally. Thinophilus subpalpatus sp. nov. and T. medvedevi sp. nov. have entirely yellow tibiae and mostly yellow tarsi; surstylus different. The male from Senegal is conspecific with the material collected from Central Asia and south-eastern Europe (see Negrobov 1979; Grichanov 2022). They have some minor differences in colouration mainly; therefore, I describe the species based on the Senegalese specimen.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 1A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 3.2 mm; antenna length 0.7 mm; wing length 3.2 mm; wing width 1.1 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 1B). Postcranium black; frons bluish black; face and clypeus black, pollinose; face under antennae 2 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus 0.4 × as long as epistoma, 2 × as wide as long; palp yellow, bearing white bristly hairs; proboscis black; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical, much stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate, black; middle and lower postoculars multiseriate, white, long; antennal scape, pedicel and postpedicel blackish dorsally, orange-yellow ventrally (Fig. 1C); scape with scale-like inner projection; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel apically browned, rounded, with short pubescence, slightly higher than long (13/10); arista-like stylus dorsal, black and thick basally, white and thin distally, shortly pubescent; length ratio of scape to pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.07/0.05/0.10/0.53.</p><p>THORAX. Bluish black; no acrostichals; 6 dorsocentrals decreasing in length anteriorly; scutellum with 2 strong marginals and 2 minute laterals; 2–3 upper and 5–6 lower, white propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Coxae black, yellow at apex; femora yellow; tibiae yellow, black at distal apices; tarsi entirely black.</p><p>FORE LEG. Coxa with white setae and bristles; femur simple, with rather short fine white ventral setae; tibia and tarsus simple, without remarkable setae; segment 5 weakly thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.04/0.94/0.47/0.17/0.17/0.14/0.18.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with white setae and bristle; femur with rather short fine white ventral setae; 1 preapical anterior and 1 preapical posteroventral short setae; tibia bearing 3 anterodorsal; 3 posterodorsal, 4 apical short bristles; tarsal segment 5 inconspicuously thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.11/1.23/0.71/0.27/0.27/0.17/0.18.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa with 1 white exterior bristle; femur with rather short fine white ventral setae, ⅓ as long as femur height; 1 preapical anterior and 1 preapical posteroventral short setae; tibia bearing 4 anterodorsal, 5 posterodorsal bristles, 4 apicals; segment 5 inconspicuously thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.37/1.48/0.45/0.28/0.23/ 0.18/0.18.</p><p>WING (Fig. 1D). Hyaline, without darker shades; veins yellow-brown, more yellowish at base; distal part of M 1+2 convex; tip of R 4+5 parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.67/0.22; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.32/0.32; anal vein distinct; halter yellow; lower calypter yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Black; setae and hind-marginal bristles on tergites black dorsally and white laterally, short; sternites with short setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 1E) black, cercus yellow; epandrial lobe narrow, fingerlike, with strong apical bristle; hypandrium short, apically concave; phallosoma narrow, almost reaching apex of surstyli; phallus coiled, long and simple; surstylus straight, thin with long thick bristle and long process at tip, with long dorsal preapical bristle and few short setae at apex; cerci dorsally fused at base, free and narrow distally, with long marginal bristles (Fig. 1F).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia (Volgograd), Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine (Odessa), Uzbekistan. First record from Senegal and Afrotropical Region.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E93EFF92C057C850FAF47959	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E930FF93C044C8E9FED37937.text	282DC677E930FF93C044C8E9FED37937.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus aquaticus Becker 1914	<div><p>Thinophilus aquaticus Becker, 1914</p><p>Thinophilus aquaticus Becker, 1914: 125 .</p><p>Type locality: Kenya, Tiwi.</p><p>Notes</p><p>The species is known by two female types from Kenya. Only one indeterminable female from Madagascar was found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus aquaticus, det. Vanschuytbroeck”. The record from Madagascar (Vanschuytbroeck 1957) is most probably a misidentification.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Kenya.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E930FF93C044C8E9FED37937	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E931FF93C029C821FE247DFA.text	282DC677E931FF93C029C821FE247DFA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus calopus Loew 1852	<div><p>Thinophilus calopus Loew, 1852</p><p>Fig. 2</p><p>Thinophilus calopus Loew, 1852: 659; 1862: 18.</p><p>Type locality: Mozambique, Inhambane.</p><p>Thinophilus annulitarsis Parent, 1936: 323 .</p><p>Type locality: Tanzania, Dar Es Salam, syn. nov.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype TANZANIA • ♀; “ Musée du Congo; Dar Es Salam; Apr. 1931; sur plage saltonneuse, à fond de lame; Dr M. Bequart leg.; R. Det. O 3092; Thinophilus annulitarsis n. sp. Type ♀ O. Parent ”; RMCA.</p><p>Other material TANZANIA • 1 ♂; Unguja [= Zanzibar] Is., Michamvi beach; 30 Dec.–2 Jan. 2021; M. Grichanov and O. Grichanova leg.; ZIN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Mtwara env.; 7.40° S, 36.99° E; 21–22 Dec. 2015; mangrove; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>Notes</p><p>Types of Thinophilus calopus were collected from a sea coast; later the species was once reported from the National Park Albert (= Virunga), DR Congo, at a height about 1000 m above sea level, by Vanschuytbroeck (1951), far from the sea coast. RMCA collection contains three females identified by Vanschuytbroeck as T. calopus: two of them belong to the genus Tachytrechus and one specimen to an indeterminable species of Thinophilus . I think the species must be excluded from the fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p><p>Thinophilus annulitarsis was described from a female collected on a beach at Dar Es Salam. It has never been recorded again.A male examined from Zanzibar’s beach, close to the type locality of T. annulitarsis, is identical to the female holotype (examined) and original species description (Parent 1936) and to the detailed description of T. calopus by Loew (1862). One more male of this species was found at the site Mtwara, close to the Tanzania-Mozambique border. Therefore, I consider the two names as synonyms.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Mozambique, * Tanzania.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E931FF93C029C821FE247DFA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E931FF90C03CCD67FE987856.text	282DC677E931FF90C03CCD67FE987856.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus capensis Curran 1926	<div><p>Thinophilus capensis Curran, 1926</p><p>Fig. 3E</p><p>Thinophilus capensis Curran, 1926: 26 .</p><p>Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.883333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.883333/lat -33.0)">East London</a> [33°00′ S, 27°53′ E], 2.2.[19]25; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA.</p><p>Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 16 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; “2, 22, 26 Feb., 1 May 1925 ”; NMSA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; “Musée du Congo; S. Afr.: East London, 1.5.25, 22.2.25 (Munro leg.); Ex coll. Curran; R. Det. M 1284; Paratype, Thinophilus capensis Curran ”; RMCA .</p><p>Notes</p><p>Four males from the National Park Albert (= Virunga), DR Congo, were found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus capensis, det. Vanschuytbroeck”; two of them belong to Thinophilus imperialis (Curran, 1924) and two to T. splendidus . The species once reported from this country by Vanschuytbroeck (1951) must be excluded from the fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>South Africa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E931FF90C03CCD67FE987856	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E932FF90C053C9C2FD6A7E16.text	282DC677E932FF90C053C9C2FD6A7E16.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus ciliventris Grichanov 1997	<div><p>Thinophilus ciliventris Grichanov, 1997</p><p>Fig. 3A–C</p><p>Thinophilus ciliventris Grichanov, 1997: 142 .</p><p>Type locality: South Africa, R. Magalakwena.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; Ndumu Reserve, Ingwavuma District, Tongaland; 1–10 Dec. 1963; B. and P. Stuckenberg leg.; NMSA .</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Angola, Botswana, Nigeria, South Africa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E932FF90C053C9C2FD6A7E16	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E932FF91C049CF02FE55791F.text	282DC677E932FF91C049CF02FE55791F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus imperialis (Curran 1924) ZIN	<div><p>Thinophilus imperialis (Curran, 1924)</p><p>Fig. 3F–G</p><p>Nematoproctus imperialis Curran, 1924: 228 .</p><p>Type locality: South Africa, Mpumalanga, Barberton.</p><p>Thinophilus imperialis – Curran 1926: 27.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.033333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-25.783333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.033333/lat -25.783333)">Barberton</a> [25°47′ S, 31°02′ E], Aug. 1913; L.S.H.; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA.</p><p>Other material</p><p>ETHIOPIA • 1 ♂; Ambo, Gadissa Farm; 9 Oct. – 12 Nov. 2011; L. Rybalov leg.; neighbour cowshed; Malaise trap; ZMUM .</p><p>GUINEA • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; “NʹZérékoré; 3 Sep. 1980 and 14 Aug. 1981; sur les rives des rivières Wéalon et Tilé; C. Bakary leg.”; ZIN .</p><p>TANZANIA • 8♀♀; Bagamoyo env., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=38.8293&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-6.47965" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 38.8293/lat -6.47965)">Ruvu River</a>; 6.47965° S, 38.8293 ° E; 10 Sep. 2012; D. Gavryushin leg.; ZMUM • 2 ♂, 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=36.99&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-7.4" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 36.99/lat -7.4)">Mikumi village</a>; 7.40° S, 36.99 ° E; 5–7 Dec. 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 1 ♂; Nyasa Lake, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.01&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.01/lat -9.5)">Matema</a>; 9.50° S, 34.01 ° E; 15 Dec. 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Pwani Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=38.97&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-7.99" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 38.97/lat -7.99)">Rufiji River</a>; 7.99° S, 38.97 ° E; 30 Dec. 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Botswana, DR Congo, * Ethiopia, Ghana, * Guinea, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, * Tanzania.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E932FF91C049CF02FE55791F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E933FF97C047C823FB1A7C39.text	282DC677E933FF97C047C823FB1A7C39.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus indigenus Becker 1902	<div><p>Thinophilus indigenus Becker, 1902</p><p>Thinophilus indigenus Becker, 1902: 48 .</p><p>Type locality: Egypt, Kairo, Assiur, Luxor, Assuan, Fayum, and Suez.</p><p>Thinophilus bipunctatus Curran, 1926: 27 .</p><p>Type locality: South Africa, Mpumalanga, Middelburg, syn. nov.</p><p>Thinophilus maculatus Parent, 1929a: 50 .</p><p>Type locality: Egypt, South Eastern Desert, Bir Abraq, syn. nov.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.466667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-25.783333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.466667/lat -25.783333)">Middelburg</a> [25°47′ S, 29°28′ E]; 13.2.[19]25; H.K. Munro leg.; Thinophilus ♂ bipunctatus Curran ”; NMSA.</p><p>Paratypes EGYPT • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; “ Bir Abraq, South Eastern Desert; 3 Mar. 1938; Efflatoun leg., Egypte; Thinophilus maculatus Par. Cotype; Paratype”; MNHN .</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.466667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-25.783333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.466667/lat -25.783333)">Middelburg</a> [25°47′ S, 29°28′ E], 13.2.[19]25; H.K. Munro leg.; Paratype, Thinophilus ♂ bipunctatus Curran ”; NMSA • 1 ♀; “Musée du Congo; S. Afr.: Dohne, 1/5/25, Woodridge Farm (Munro leg.); Ex coll. Curran; R. Det. H 1284; Paratype, Thinophilus ♂ bipunctatus Curran ”; RMCA .</p><p>Other material</p><p>COMOROS • 6 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (in ethanol; 1 ♂ dried and mounted on pin); Moheli, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=43.833332&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.366667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 43.833332/lat -12.366667)">Dziani Boundouni See</a>; 12°22′ S, 43°50′ E; alt. 600–800 m; 18 Apr. 2002; M. Kotrba leg.; ZSM .</p><p>DR CONGO • 1 ♂; “Congo Belge, PNG [ Parc National Garamba]; Miss. H. De Saeger; Mt. Moyo; 29 Jul. 1952; 3844; H. De Saeger leg.”; RMCA .</p><p>ETHIOPIA • 1 ♂; Oromia, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=38.706&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.646" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 38.706/lat 7.646)">Langano Lake</a>; 7.646° N, 38.706° E; alt. 1590 m; 13–15 Mar. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 1 ♂; Amhara, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=38.19&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.08" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 38.19/lat 10.08)">Blue Nile</a>; alt. 1070 m; 10.08° N, 38.19° E, 31 Jul. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>GABON • 1 ♂ (in ethanol); Ntoum; Oct. 1985; A. Pauly leg.; yellow pan trap; plantation sur brûlis [on fire-site]; RBINS .</p><p>MADAGASCAR • 2 ♂♂; Toliara Region, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=43.62&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 43.62/lat -23.2)">Toliara env.</a>; 23.20° S, 43.62° E; 12–19 Nov. 2012; A. Medvedev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>MALAWI • 1 ♀; Chinteche; 10 Apr. 1978; R. Jocqué leg.; RMCA .</p><p>NAMIBIA • 1 ♀; Katima Mulilo District; Mavunje campsite, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=23.317883&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.919016" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 23.317883/lat -17.919016)">Kwando River floodplain</a>; 17°55.141′ S, 23°19.073′ E; alt. 945 m; 22–26 Nov. 2012; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise trap; BMSA .</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; Natal, #15, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.083334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-29.716667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.083334/lat -29.716667)">Hawaan Forest</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.083334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-29.716667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.083334/lat -29.716667)">Umhlanga</a>; 29°43′ S, 31°05′ E; alt. 20 m; 27 Feb. 1992; Barraclough and Whittington leg.; indigenous dune forest near lagoon; NMSA • 1 ♂; Cape Province, Kommandodrifdam, 45 km E Cradock, 3226AA, river below dam wall; 28 Oct. 1978; R. Miller and J. Londt leg.; NMSA • 1 ♂; Cape Province, 8 km W Grootderm Bank of Orange River, 2816DA; 2 Sep. 1983; J. Londt and B. Stuckenberg leg.; NMSA • 1 ♂; Western Cape, Gamkaskloof (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=21.6275&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.36347" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 21.6275/lat -33.36347)">Die Hel</a>); 33°21.808′ S, 21°37.650′ E; alt. 336 m; 1618; Oct. 2012; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Malaise traps, Karoo and valley Acacia woodland; BMSA • 3 ♀♀; Free State, Brandfort, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=26.070566&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-28.767317" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 26.070566/lat -28.767317)">Florisbad Res. Stat.</a>; 28°46.039′ S, 26°04.234′ E; 4–6 Apr. 2009, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Acacia savanna; BMSA .</p><p>SUDAN • 2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.116665&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.766666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.116665/lat 18.766666)">Erkowit</a>; [18°46ʹ0″ N, 37°7ʹ0″ E]; 28 Oct. 1962; S. Panelius leg.; MZHF .</p><p>TANZANIA • 1 ♂ (in ethanol); Morogoro Reg., Udzungwa Mt. N. P., Mito Mitatu; 7°50’14.3’′ S, 36°50’46.8’′ E; alt. 1207 m; 14 Jun. 2013; T. Pape and N. Scharff leg; Malaise trap #1; ZIN • 3 ♀♀; Bagamoyo env., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=38.8293&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-6.47965" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 38.8293/lat -6.47965)">Ruvu River</a>; 6.47965° S, 38.8293° E; 10 and 13 Sep. 2012; D. Gavryushin leg.; ZMUM • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=36.99&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-7.4" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 36.99/lat -7.4)">Mikumi village</a>; 7.40° S, 36.99° E; 5–7 Dec. 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 1 ♂; Nyasa Lake, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.01&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.01/lat -9.5)">Matema</a>; 9.50° S, 34.01° E; 15 Dec. 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 1 ♂; Morogoro env.; 6.85° S, 37.67° E; 15 Dec. 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>Notes</p><p>Grichanov &amp; Mostovski (2009) examined male and female types of Thinophilus bipunctatus (NMSA) and noted that there are no principal differences from the description of T. maculatus, and the two names may be synonyms. Thinophilus bipunctatus was previously recorded from DR Congo, Namibia, and South Africa, usually from wet material (in ethanol). Unnoticed in the original description, its types have a distinct prescutellar spot in addition to six lateral spots on the mesonotum. Thinophilus maculatus was previously recorded from Gabon, Namibia and South Eastern Desert of Egypt, sometimes from females only. Both species were in fact found in the same countries as widely distributed and common T. indigenus Becker, 1902 . The key characters formerly used included only colour characters, e.g., the number of dark spots on the mesonotum (Parent 1936; Grichanov 1997). The rather abundant material examined shows that this feature is variable and invisible on wet specimens. The male genitalia examined are identical in all listed specimens, corresponding with the pictures of T. indigenus from Iranian Baluchistan published by Negrobov (1978). Therefore, I consider all three names as synonyms.</p><p>Thinophilus indigenus was mentioned by Rossi &amp; Leonardi (2018: 111), as a host for the Laboulbeniales fungus Stigmatomyces ligabuei W. Rossi, 1986, found in Sierra Leone and Sudan.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Afrotropical: Angola, Benin, Cape Verde Is., * Comoros, DR Congo, * Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, * Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, * Kenya, * Madagascar, * Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles (Aldabra), Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen. Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mongolia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Turkey. Oriental: China, India, Nepal, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand. First reliable records from Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E933FF97C047C823FB1A7C39	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E936FF94C045CB6CFC0D797B.text	282DC677E936FF94C045CB6CFC0D797B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus mirandus Becker 1907	<div><p>Thinophilus mirandus Becker, 1907</p><p>Thinophilus mirandus Becker, 1907a: 112 .</p><p>Type locality: Algeria, “bei Hammam Salahin bei Biskra ”.</p><p>Notes</p><p>This species was firstly reported from the Afrotropical Region by Grichanov (1997).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Afrotropical: Tanzania; Palaearctic: Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Spain.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E936FF94C045CB6CFC0D797B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E936FF95C066C8E6FD037AE6.text	282DC677E936FF95C066C8E6FD037AE6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus munroi subsp. munroi Curran 1926	<div><p>Thinophilus munroi munroi Curran, 1926</p><p>Fig. 4</p><p>Thinophilus munroi munroi Curran, 1926: 20 .</p><p>Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.883333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.883333/lat -33.0)">East London</a> [33°00′ S, 27°53′ E]; 1 Dec. [19]25; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA.</p><p>Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 7 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; NMSA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; “Musée du Congo; S. Afr.: East London; 1 Feb. [19]25, 1 May [19]25 (Munro), Ex coll. Curran; R. Det. G 1284; Paratype, Thinophilus munroi Curran ”; RMCA .</p><p>Other material SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; Western Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.059267&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.126766" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.059267/lat -33.126766)">West Coast Nat. Reserve</a>; 33°07.606′ S, 18°03.556′ E; alt. 6 m; 6 Sep. 2013; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; sweeping shoreline vegetation; BMSA .</p><p>Distribution</p><p>South Africa (Eastern Cape, Western Cape).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E936FF95C066C8E6FD037AE6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E937FF8AC3A5C872FD647A89.text	282DC677E937FF8AC3A5C872FD647A89.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus munroi subsp. setiscutellatus Grichanov 1997	<div><p>Thinophilus munroi setiscutellatus Grichanov, 1997</p><p>Fig. 5</p><p>Thinophilus munroi setiscutellatus Grichanov, 1997: 141 .</p><p>Type locality: Namibia, Swakopmund.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Paratype NAMIBIA • 1 ♂; “ S.W. Africa (25); Swakopmund; 26– 30.1.1972; Southern African Exp. B.M. 1972- 1”; ZIN, ex coll. BMNH.</p><p>Other material NAMIBIA • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=14.54&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.97" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 14.54/lat -22.97)">Walvis Bay</a> env.; 22.97° S, 14.54 ° E; 5–9 Dec. 2018; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Namibia (Erongo Region, Karas Region).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E937FF8AC3A5C872FD647A89	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E928FF8AC04FCBB9FB8B78FC.text	282DC677E928FF8AC04FCBB9FB8B78FC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus ochripalpis Becker 1910	<div><p>Thinophilus ochripalpis Becker, 1910</p><p>Thinophilus ochripalpis Becker, 1910: 139 .</p><p>Type locality: South Yemen, “von Aden, Makallaebene”.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>OMAN • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=58.3&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.616667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 58.3/lat -23.616667)">Azauba Creek</a>; 23°37′ S, 58°18′ E; 30 May 1995, M.D. Gallagher leg.; at light; NMWC • 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=58.696&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.74" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 58.696/lat 20.74)">Barr Al-Hikman</a> peninsula; ~ 300 km S of Muskat; 20.74° N, 58.696° E; 19–24 Nov. 2011; P.S. Tomkovich leg.; Yellow Pan trap; ZMUM .</p><p>TANZANIA • 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀; Lindi Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=39.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-8.9" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 39.5/lat -8.9)">Kilwa</a> env.; 8.9 ° S, 39.5 ° E; 27–29 Dec 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Afrotropical: * Oman, Somalia, * Tanzania, Yemen; Palaearctic: Saudi Arabia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E928FF8AC04FCBB9FB8B78FC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E928FF8AC032C98EFA967D81.text	282DC677E928FF8AC032C98EFA967D81.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus palpatus Parent 1929	<div><p>Thinophilus palpatus Parent, 1929</p><p>Thinophilus palpatus Parent, 1929b: 180 (in key), 1930: 101 (description).</p><p>Type locality: Ethiopia, Ogaden, Vallée du Dakhatto, Teurfadaédi.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>IVORY COAST • 1 ♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-5.0122223&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.2124996" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -5.0122223/lat 6.2124996)">Lamto</a> [Ecological Station, Toumodi; 6°12′45″ N, 5°00′44″ W]; Jul.–Aug. 1968; С. Gerard leg.; MNHN .</p><p>NAMIBIA • 1 ♂; Kaokoland, Ondorusu Falls, SE 1713 bd; 23–26 Aug. 1973; NMNW • 2 ♀♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=24.566017&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.540434" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 24.566017/lat -17.540434)">Katima Mulilo Distr.</a>, Kalizo Lodge area; alt. 941 m; 17°32.426′ S, 24°33.961′ E; 14–17 Nov. 2012; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; BMSA .</p><p>SENEGAL • 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀; NʹDangane; 14°05′ N, 16°42′ W; 6 Mar. 2007; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 5 ♂♂; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-16.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=14.183333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -16.25/lat 14.183333)">Sine Saloum</a>; 14°11′ N, 16°15′ W; 2–6 Mar. 2007; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>SIERRA LEONE • 14 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀ (in ethanol; 1 ♂ dried and mounted on pin); Western Area, Sussex; 27 Jan. 2012; W. Rossi leg.; ZIN .</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, * Ivory Coast, Namibia, Nigeria, * Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E928FF8AC032C98EFA967D81	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E928FF8AC03ACC81FC757C8E.text	282DC677E928FF8AC03ACC81FC757C8E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus promotus Becker 1910	<div><p>Thinophilus promotus Becker, 1910</p><p>Thinophilus promotus Becker, 1910: 138 .</p><p>Type locality: South Yemen, Aden.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Afrotropical: Djibouti, Yemen; Palaearctic: Egypt, Saudi Arabia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E928FF8AC03ACC81FC757C8E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E929FF8BC032CB6CFC6A7E5F.text	282DC677E929FF8BC032CB6CFC6A7E5F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus prudens Curran 1926	<div><p>Thinophilus prudens Curran, 1926</p><p>Fig. 3H</p><p>Thinophilus prudens Curran, 1926: 30 .</p><p>Type locality: South Africa: Eastern Cape: East London.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.883333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.883333/lat -33.0)">East London</a> [33°00′ S, 27°53′ E]; 1.2.[19]25; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA.</p><p>Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; NMSA • 1 ♂; 1 ♀; “Musée du Congo; S. Afr.: East London; 1 May [19]25; (Munro leg.); Ex coll. Curran; R. Det. L 1284; Paratype, Thinophilus prudens Curran ”; RMCA .</p><p>Other material</p><p>SENEGAL • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-16.95&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=14.4" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -16.95/lat 14.4)">M’Bour</a>, St. ORSTOM; [14°24′ N, 16°57′ W]; Piège lumineux [light trap]; 6 Oct. 1981; B. Sigwalt leg.”; MNHP .</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; Free State, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=26.070566&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-28.767317" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 26.070566/lat -28.767317)">Brandfort</a>, Florisbad Res. Stat.; 28°46.039′ S, 26°04.234′ E; 4–6 Apr. 2009; A.H. Kirk-Spriggs leg.; Acacia savanna; BMSA .</p><p>TANZANIA • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=36.0&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-7.13" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 36.0/lat -7.13)">Mtera Reservoir</a>; 7.13° S, 36.00° E; alt. 680 m; 14 Feb 2017; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>Notes</p><p>Grichanov (1997) described and figured genitalia of a male from Angola under the name T. prudens, but noted that it differs from the original description of the latter species and from a male collected from Senegal in much shorter cercus, about as long as surstylus. The Angolan male belongs most probably to the new species described here as T. sigwalti sp. nov. So, Angola is excluded from the species area.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>DR Congo, Ghana, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, * Tanzania.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E929FF8BC032CB6CFC6A7E5F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E929FF88C04CCFE3FEEC7A6E.text	282DC677E929FF88C04CCFE3FEEC7A6E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus quadrisetus Parent 1936	<div><p>Thinophilus quadrisetus Parent, 1936</p><p>Thinophilus quadrisetus Parent, 1936: 324 .</p><p>Type locality: Tanzania, Dar Es Salam.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype TANZANIA • ♀; “Musée du Congo; Dar Es Salam; Apr. 1931; sur plage saltonneuse, à fond de lame; Dr. M. Bequart leg.; R. Det. O 3092; Thinophilus quadrisetus n.sp., Type ♀ O. Parent”; RMCA.</p><p>Notes</p><p>The species is known only from type female, which is remarkable in bearing two pairs of almost equal in length bristles on the scutellum. Two males and three females from the National Park Albert (= Virunga), DR Congo, were found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus quadrisetus, det. Vanschuytbroeck”; one male belongs to T. splendidus and other material to T. imperialis . The species once reported from this country by Vanschuytbroeck (1951) must be excluded from the fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Tanzania.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E929FF88C04CCFE3FEEC7A6E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92AFF88C01CCBEBFE987FC5.text	282DC677E92AFF88C01CCBEBFE987FC5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus rex Curran 1926	<div><p>Thinophilus rex Curran, 1926</p><p>Fig. 3I</p><p>Thinophilus rex Curran, 1926: 23 .</p><p>Type locality: South Africa: Eastern Cape: East London.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.883333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.883333/lat -33.0)">East London</a> [33°00′ S, 27°53′ E]; 1 Feb. [19]25; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA.</p><p>Paratypes</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; NMSA • 1 ♂; “Musée du Congo; S. Afr.: East London, 26 Feb. [19]25 (Munro leg.); Ex coll. Curran; R. Det. I 1284; Paratype, Thinophilus rex Curran ”; RMCA</p><p>Other material</p><p>SOUTH AFRICA • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Natal, Umlalazi Nature Reserve, 2831DD, dune forest and edges; 2–10 Oct. 1982; J.G.H. Londt leg.; NMSA .</p><p>Notes</p><p>A female reported by Vanschuytbroeck (1952) from the Upemba National Park (DR Congo) was found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus rex ”; it belongs to indeterminable species of Thinophilus . The species must be excluded from the fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>South Africa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92AFF88C01CCBEBFE987FC5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92AFF88C040CF45FED77DF9.text	282DC677E92AFF88C040CF45FED77DF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus setulipalpis Bezzi 1906	<div><p>Thinophilus setulipalpis Bezzi, 1906</p><p>Thinophilus setulipalpis Bezzi, 1906: 302 . Type locality: Eritrea, Keren.</p><p>Notes</p><p>Material from the National Park Albert (= Virunga), DR Congo, found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus setulipalpis ” and published by Vanschuytbroeck (1951) belongs to Thinophilus prudens . The species must be excluded from the fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is known only from type locality.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Eritrea.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92AFF88C040CF45FED77DF9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92AFF89C041CC89FB0E7A4B.text	282DC677E92AFF89C041CC89FB0E7A4B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus spinitarsis Becker 1907	<div><p>Thinophilus spinitarsis Becker, 1907</p><p>Thinophilus spinitarsis Becker, 1907b: 315 . Type locality: China: “O. Zaidam [= eastern Qaidam Basin], im nord-Osu; Tibet, Kurlyk am Fl. Baingol [= Korla city near Bayingol River]”.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>SENEGAL • 1 ♂; Bandia Reserve; 28 Feb. 2007; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Oriental: China (Taiwan), India (Gujarat); Palaearctic: China (Qinghai, Xinjiang), Iran, Israel, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, “ Ukraine ” (Kherson). First record from Senegal and Afrotropical Region.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92AFF89C041CC89FB0E7A4B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92BFF89C046CBFFFB0D7822.text	282DC677E92BFF89C046CBFFFB0D7822.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus spinulosus Parent 1929	<div><p>Thinophilus spinulosus Parent, 1929</p><p>Thinophilus spinulosus Parent, 1929a: 48 .</p><p>Type locality: Halaib (Red Sea coast).</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Paratype EGYPT • 1 ♂; “ Halaib, Red Sea Coast; 3 Mar. to end Apr. 1928; Coll. Efflatoun, Egypte; Thinophilus spinulosus Par. Cotype; Paratype”; MNHN.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Afrotropical: Nigeria, Somalia; Palaearctic: Egypt (South Eastern Desert), Saudi Arabia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92BFF89C046CBFFFB0D7822	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92BFF8EC386C920FDEC7A6E.text	282DC677E92BFF8EC386C920FDEC7A6E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus splendidus Vanschuytbroeck 1951	<div><p>Thinophilus splendidus Vanschuytbroeck, 1951</p><p>Thinophilus splendidus Vanschuytbroeck, 1951: 80 . Type locality: DR Congo, National Park Albert, May-ya-Moto.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype DR CONGO • ♂; “ Congo Belge, P.N.A, May ya Moto; alt. 950 m; 15 Nov. 1934; G.F. de Witte leg., 758; Coll. Mus. Congo (ex coll. RBINS); P. Vanshuytbroeck det., 1950, Thinophilus splendidus n. sp. ”; RMCA.</p><p>Paratypes DR CONGO • 25 ♂♂, 72 ♀♀; “Congo belge: P.N.A. Maya ya Moto; alt. 950 m; XI.1934; G.F. de Witte leg.; Paratype; P. Vanshuytbroeck det., 1951, Thinophilus splendidus n. sp. ”; RBINS</p><p>Other material</p><p>DR CONGO • 1 ♂; “Kisenyi (Kivu); 5 Feb. 1936; Dr. H. Damas leg.; Parc Nat. Albert, 116; P. Vanschuytbroeck det., 1950, Hercostomus stroblianus Becker ”; RBINS .</p><p>ETHIOPIA • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Oromia, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=38.706&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=7.646" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 38.706/lat 7.646)">Langano Lake</a>; 7.646° N, 38.706 ° E; alt. 1590 m; 13–15 Mar. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 1 ♀; Amhara, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=39.642&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.381" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 39.642/lat 11.381)">Jara River</a>; alt. 1650 m; 11.381° N, 39.642° E; 6. Aug. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 2 ♀♀; Amhara, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.39&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.54" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.39/lat 11.54)">Tana Lake</a> env.; alt. 1800 m; 11.54° N, 37.39° E; 2–4 Aug. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 2 ♀♀; Amhara, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=38.19&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.08" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 38.19/lat 10.08)">Blue Nile</a>; alt. 1070 m; 10.08° N, 38.19° E; 31 Jul. 2012; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM • 2 ♀♀; Afar; alt. 570 m; 9.971° N, 40.539° E; 9 Aug. 2012; I. Gomyranov leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>KENYA • 3 ♂♂; Nakuru Co, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=36.266&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.477" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 36.266/lat -0.477)">Elmentaita Lake</a>; 0.477° S, 36.266 ° E; alt. 1780 m; 17 Dec. 2013; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM .</p><p>Notes</p><p>Four males among the paratypes examined belong to the genera Afropelastoneurus Grichanov, 2006, Hercostomus Loew, 1857 and Tachytrechus Haliday in Walker, 1851.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>DR Congo, * Ethiopia, * Kenya.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92BFF8EC386C920FDEC7A6E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92CFF8EC03DC98DFC717FA9.text	282DC677E92CFF8EC03DC98DFC717FA9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus atritarsis Parent 1929	<div><p>Thinophilus atritarsis Parent, 1929</p><p>Thinophilus atritarsis Parent, 1929a: 53 .</p><p>Type locality: Bir Abraq (South Eastern Desert of Egypt).</p><p>Notes</p><p>This species is known only from the type locality from a female.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92CFF8EC03DC98DFC717FA9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92CFF8EC061CEB0FED17ED4.text	282DC677E92CFF8EC061CEB0FED17ED4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus flavipalpis (Zetterstedt 1843)	<div><p>Thinophilus flavipalpis (Zetterstedt, 1843)</p><p>Rhaphium flavipalpe Zetterstedt, 1843: 472 .</p><p>Type locality: Sweden, Gottlandia, Bursviken.</p><p>Notes</p><p>The Palaearctic Thinophilus flavipalpis was included by Vanschuytbroeck (1951: 39) into the key to Afrotropical species of the genus. No material was found in European and African museums for T. flavipalpis collected in the Afrotropics. The species was excluded from this Region by Grichanov (2018).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92CFF8EC061CEB0FED17ED4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92CFF8EC068CC4DFAB57C5C.text	282DC677E92CFF8EC068CC4DFAB57C5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus quadrimaculatus Becker 1902	<div><p>Thinophilus quadrimaculatus Becker, 1902</p><p>Thinophilus quadrimaculatus Becker, 1902: 49 .</p><p>Type locality: Egypt, Cairo. Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Tajikistan, Tunisia.</p><p>Notes</p><p>The Palaearctic Thinophilus quadrimaculatus was once reported from DR Congo by Vanschuytbroeck (1951). One male and one female from this country were found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus quadrimaculatus, det. Vanschuytbroeck”; the male belongs to Thinophilus splendidus, and the female belongs to Pelastoneurus sp. The species must be excluded from the Afrotropical fauna.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92CFF8EC068CC4DFAB57C5C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92CFF8EC032CBEBFE98784A.text	282DC677E92CFF8EC032CBEBFE98784A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus virgatus Curran 1926	<div><p>Thinophilus virgatus Curran, 1926</p><p>Fig. 3D</p><p>Thinophilus virgatus Curran, 1926: 22 .</p><p>Type locality: South Africa: Eastern Cape: East London.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=27.883333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 27.883333/lat -33.0)">East London</a> [33°00′ S, 27°53′ E], 22 Feb. [19]25; H.K. Munro leg.”; NMSA.</p><p>Paratype SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; NMSA:</p><p>Distribution</p><p>South Africa.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92CFF8EC032CBEBFE98784A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92DFF8FC02ECB6CFE08791F.text	282DC677E92DFF8FC02ECB6CFE08791F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus tinctus Parent 1929	<div><p>Thinophilus tinctus Parent, 1929</p><p>Thinophilus tinctus Parent, 1929a: 51 .</p><p>Type locality: Bir Abraq (South Eastern Desert of Egypt).</p><p>Notes</p><p>Material found in the RBINS and RMCA collection under the label Thinophilus tinctus and published by Vanschuytbroeck (1952, 1957) belongs to Thinophilus cataractae sp. nov., Hercostomus sp. and Diaphorus sp. The species must be excluded from the Afrotropical fauna. It is known only from type locality from a female.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92DFF8FC02ECB6CFE08791F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92DFF8DC021C8F7FC3D7FEE.text	282DC677E92DFF8DC021C8F7FC3D7FEE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus gallagheri Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus gallagheri sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F59EED4D-AAFA-4E55-B79A-252B2CCD63A4</p><p>Fig. 6</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus gallagheri sp. nov. is remarkable in bearing only whitish yellow bristles and setae on body and legs, differing from all other Old World species bearing black major bristles. Body completely grey pollinose; antenna light yellow; arista-like stylus nearly apical, yellow basally, and white distally; mesonotum with 4 dorsocentrals of almost equal length; scutellum with 2 marginals; tibiae with short bristles; fore and mid tarsomeres shortened; distal part of vein M 4 2.4 × as long as dm-m; surstylus bilobed; cerci separated, short, stick-shaped.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is dedicated to the collector of the types, Dr M.D. Gallagher (Oman Natural History Museum, Sultanate of Oman).</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype OMAN • ♂ (in glycerin in a vial, mounted on pin); “Shinass; 24°43′ N, 56 ° 28′ E; 9 Jun. 1994; leg.; at light in mangrove creek”; NMWC.</p><p>Paratypes OMAN • 2 ♀♀ (on one pin); same colection data as for holotype; NMWC .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 6A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 1.7 mm; antenna length 0.5 mm; wing length 1.7 mm; wing width 0.7 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 6B). With all bristles yellowish white; postcranium, frons and face greenish black, densely grey pollinose; face almost parallel-sided, 1.5 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus broad, very low, almost invisible; palp yellow, bearing yellow bristly hairs; proboscis black; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical, nearly as long as vertical, stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate; middle and lower postoculars biseriate, as long as upper postoculars; antenna (Fig. 6C) light yellow; scape small, with short inner projection; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel rounded, with short pubescence, higher than long (12/9); arista-like stylus nearly apical, yellow and thick basally, white and thin distally, shortly pubescent; length ratio of pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.07/0.09/0.42.</p><p>THORAX. Bluish black, densely grey pollinose, with all bristles yellowish white; metepimeron yellow; no acrostichals; 4 dorsocentrals of almost equal length; scutellum with 2 strong marginals; no laterals; few upper and lower propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Almost entirely light yellow, with all bristles and setae yellowish white; mid coxa partly brownish; claws black. Fore leg (Fig. 6D) with elongated setulae. Coxa with setae and bristles; femur simple, with ventral row of bristles, as long as femur height; tibia and tarsus simple, without strong bristles; segment 5 weakly flattened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.47/0.44/0.14/0.08/0.09/0.08/ 0.09.</p><p>MID LEG. With elongated setulae. Coxa with setae; femur with ventral rows of setae, mainly half as long as femur height, somewhat longer on distal ⅓; tibia bearing rather short dorsals and apicals; tarsal segments 3–5 inconspicuously thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.59/ 0.58/0.21/0.12/0.11/0.09/0.11. Hind leg with elongated setulae. Coxa with 1 exterior bristle; femur with ventral rows of short setae, with several anterior bristles on distal ⅓, ⅔ as long as femur height; tibia bearing short dorsals and apicals; segment 5 inconspicuously thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.73/0.68/0.17/0.13/0.12/0.09/0.09.</p><p>WING (Fig. 6E). Hyaline, inconspicuously dark at dm-m; veins yellow; distal part of M 1+2 almost straight; R 4+5 nearly parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.15/0.16; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.15/0.36; anal vein fold-like; halter yellow; lower calypter yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Bluish black, densely grey pollinose, with all setae and bristles yellowish white, short; sternites with short setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 6F) black, appendages light yellow; epandrial lobe broad, rounded at apex with short apical bristle; hypandrium short, apically concave; phallosoma narrow, not reaching apex of surstyli; phallus long and simple, strongly curved at apex of phallosoma (Fig. 6G); surstylus bilobed, with almost straight arms bearing few preapical setulae; dorsal arm narrow, with small apical spine; ventral arm somewhat swollen at apex, with strong dorsal seta at middle; cerci (partly broken during maceration) separated, short, stick-shaped, with long light bristles.</p><p>Female</p><p>Similar to male except lacking male secondary sexual characters (MSSC). Terga 9+10 divided medially into 2 hemitergites, each bearing 4 short thick brown spines.</p><p>Notes</p><p>Thinophilus sp. with the same label as types was mentioned by Rossi &amp; Leonardi (2018: 111), as a host for the Laboulbeniales fungus Stigmatomyces ligabuei W. Rossi, 1986 .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92DFF8DC021C8F7FC3D7FEE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E92FFF80C011CF6AFEFB792B.text	282DC677E92FFF80C011CF6AFEFB792B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus sigwalti Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus sigwalti sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 60A32348-A78F-4766-8A32-90FA4AEA1395</p><p>Fig. 7</p><p>Thinophilus prudens Grichanov, 1997: 137, nec Curran, 1926.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus sigwalti sp. nov. is similar to T. prudens, differing in short cercus, about as long as surstylus, short dorsal setae on fore tibia, about as long as tibia width, yellow ventral bristles and setae on fore femur and tibia, wing with distal part of M 4 at least 2 × as long as dm-m. The male of T. prudens has a very long cercus, about 2 × as long as the surstylus, a very strong posterodorsal bristle on the fore tibia, more than 2 × as long as the tibia width, partly dark or black ventral bristles and setae on the fore femur and tibia, wing with distal part of M</p><p>4 about as long as dm-m.</p><p>Both T. sigwalti sp. nov. and T. prudens are also close to T. cilifemoratus, differing in the following characters: fore coxa mostly yellow, black at base; mid and hind coxae black, yellow at apex; male fore femur with long ventral bristles, 2 × as long as femur height; hind tibia with anterior, ventral and posterior rows of elongated setulae and 1 preapical dorsal seta. Males of Thinophilus cilifemoratus were described with all coxae yellow; fore femur with hairs (“Haaren”, nec “Borsten”), longer than femur height; fore tibia with only 2 posterodorsal bristles; mid femur ventrally with only light hairs; hind tibia with only ventral row of elongated setulae and 1 dorsal seta at basal ⅓, without apical setae; wing with distal part of M 4 about 1.5 × as long as dm-m; male cercus short, stick-shaped (Becker 1902; Negrobov 1979).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is dedicated to the collector of the holotype, the French hymenopterist, Dr B. Sigwalt (MNHP).</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype SENEGAL • ♂ (with apparently washed pruinosity); “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-16.95&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=14.4" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -16.95/lat 14.4)">M’Bour</a>; St. ORSTOM; [14°24′ N, 16°57′ W]; Piège de Malaise [Malaise trap]; 18 Dec. 1980; B. Sigwalt leg.”; MNHP.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 7A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 2.0 mm; antenna length 0.6 mm; wing length 1.9 mm; wing width 0.6 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 7B). Postcranium and frons black; face and clypeus black, pollinose; face under antennae 1.4 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus 0.6 × as long as epistoma, 1.4 × as wide as long; palp yellow, bearing brown bristly hairs; proboscis black; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical, half as long as vertical, stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate, black; middle and lower postoculars multiseriate, white, relatively long; antennal scape, pedicel and postpedicel black dorsally, orange-yellow ventrally (Fig. 7C); scape small, with short inner projection; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel apically black, rounded, with short pubescence and apicodorsal tubercle, higher than long (12/9); arista-like stylus dorsal, black, thick basally, thin distally, pubescent; length ratio of pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.07/0.09/0.45.</p><p>THORAX. Bluish black; no acrostichals; 4 dorsocentrals of almost equal length; scutellum with 2 strong marginals; no laterals; 3–4 upper and 3–4 lower, white propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Fore coxa mostly yellow, black at base; mid and hind coxae black, yellow at apex; legs mostly yellow; fore tibia on distal half and base of basitarsus brownish; tarsi brown-black from tip of basitarsus.</p><p>FORE LEG. Coxa with white setae and bristles; femur simple, with anteroventral row of short white setae, half as long as femur height, with posteroventral row of several long white bristles, 2 × as long as femur height; tibia and tarsus simple (Fig. 7D); tibia with 2 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal bristles, short apicals, ventral row of elongated setulae; segment 5 weakly widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.62/0.6/0.2/0.09/0.07/0.06/0.09.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with white setae; femur with anteroventral row of dark setae on distal ⅓ and posteroventral row of sparse dark setae, at most as long as femur height; tibia bearing 1 anterodorsal and 1 posterodorsal bristles at basal ¼, very short apicals; tarsal segments 3–5 inconspicuously thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.7/0.76/0.3/0.13/0.1/0.08/0.1.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa with 1 fine white exterior bristle; femur with several dark ventral bristles, ⅔ as long as femur height; tibia (Fig. 7E) with anterior, ventral and posterior rows of elongated setulae, 1 preapical dorsal seta; segment 5 inconspicuously thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.82/0.81/0.18/0.21/0.1/0.11/0.11.</p><p>WING (Fig. 7F). Hyaline, without darker shades; veins yellow-brown, more yellowish at base; distal part of M 1+2 straight; R 4+5 parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.28/0.18; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.12/0.25; anal vein distinct; halter yellow; lower calypter yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Black; setae and hind-marginal bristles on tergites black, short; sternites with short setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 7G–H) black, cercus yellow; epandrial lobe at base of syrstylus, fingerlike, with strong apical bristle; hypandrium short, apically concave; phallosoma narrow, concealed; phallus simple, weakly projected distally (Fig. 7H); surstylus straight and narrow, with 3 long preapical bristles and several short setae at apex (Fig. 7G); cerci fused at base, narrow, with long marginal bristles.</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E92FFF80C011CF6AFEFB792B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E922FF86C014C836FEFB7946.text	282DC677E922FF86C014C836FEFB7946.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus saegeri Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus saegeri sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 983B1BFE-4584-431B-BA98-C9CB86C0C58F</p><p>Fig. 8</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus saegeri sp. nov. is very close to the Palaearctic Thinophilus versutus, differing in the following characters: palp yellow; antenna black; arista-like stylus dorsal; upper and lower propleural bristles white; wing without distinct dark spots; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.2/0.25; hypopygium with black cercus. Thinophilus versutus male has the following characters: palp black; antenna brown-black, yellow ventrally; arista-like stylus apical; upper and lower propleural bristles black; wing with distinct dark spots on dm-m and M 1+2; dm-m about half as long as distal part of M 4; hypopygium with yellow cercus (Parent 1938; Negrobov 1979).</p><p>Thinophilus saegeri sp. nov. is also close to the Thinophilus cilifemoratus complex, differing in the following characters: femora mostly brown; coxae with black setae and bristles; fore femur with few short black setae at base, half as long as femur height; hypopygium with black cercus. Thinophilus cilifemoratus male has the following characters: femora yellow; coxae with yellow setae and bristles; fore femur with partly doubled ventral setae, longer than femur height; hypopygium with yellow cercus (Becker 1902; Negrobov 1979; Grootaert &amp; Meuffels 1998).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is dedicated to the holotype collector, the Belgian entomologist Dr Henry De Saeger (RMCA).</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype DR CONGO • ♂; “Congo Belge; P.N.G. [Parc National Garamba]; Miss. H. De Saeger; II/hd/4; 23 Mar. 1951; H. De Saeger leg.; 1444”; RMCA.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 8A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 2.2 mm; antenna length 0.7 mm; wing length 2.2 mm; wing width 0.8 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 8D). Postcranium and frons, face and clypeus bluish black, grey pollinose; face under antennae 1.8 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus half as long as epistoma, as wide as long; palp yellow, bearing black bristly hairs; proboscis black; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical (all broken), not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate, black; middle and lower postoculars biseriate, white, relatively long; antenna black (Fig. 8B); scape small, with short inner projection; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel rounded, with short pubescence, higher than long (10/7); arista-like stylus dorsal, black, thick basally, thin distally, pubescent; length ratio of scape to pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.08/0.06/0.07/0.56.</p><p>THORAX. Bluish black; no acrostichals; 4 dorsocentrals of almost equal length; scutellum with 2 strong marginals; no laterals; few white upper and lower propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Fore coxa brownish yellow; mid and hind coxae black; legs mostly brownish yellow; femora darker and tibiae lighter; tarsi brown-black from tip of basitarsus.</p><p>FORE LEG. Coxa with black setae and bristles; femur simple, with few short black setae at base, half as long as femur height; tibia and tarsus simple; tibia with 1 anterodorsal, 3 short apicals; segment 5 weakly widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.73/0.71/0.33/0.18/0.15/0.11/0.10.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with black setae; femur with anteroventral row of dark setae, at most half as long as femur height, and few posteroventrals at apex; tibia bearing 1 anterodorsal and 2 posterodorsal bristles, 3 apicals; tarsal segment 5 inconspicuously thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.83/0.95/0.49/0.23/0.18/0.1/0.11.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa with 1 black exterior bristle; femur with anteroventral row of setae, ⅓ × as long as femur height; tibia with rather short setae; segments 3–5 broken; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.96/0.97/0.28/0.28/-/-/-.</p><p>WING (Fig. 8C). Fumose, without darker shades; veins yellow-brown; distal part of M 1+2 straight; R 4+5 almost parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.36/0.17; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.2/0.25; anal vein distinct; halter with yellow stem and brown knob; lower calypter dirty yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN (Fig. 8E). Black, grey pollinose; setae and hind-marginal bristles on tergites black, short; sternites with short setae. Hypopygium (lost during maceration) black, cercus black, short, as long as tergite 5, covered with light setae.</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E922FF86C014C836FEFB7946	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E924FF84C029C8D3FC2A7FEE.text	282DC677E924FF84C029C8D3FC2A7FEE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus longicercus Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus longicercus sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 812BFAC4-FB3B-4F00-BD46-86BC4CDCFD4C</p><p>Fig. 9</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus longicercus sp. nov. keys to T. imperialis (see key above), both species having male cercus very long, thin distally, extending to the base of abdomen, and sternites 3 and 4 of abdomen with tuft of mainly black hairs. Fore tibia bears 3–4 dorsal bristles, not longer than tibia width in T. imperialis, but fore tibia with 3–4 dorsal bristles, 2 × as long as tibia width in T. longicercus; surstylus shape is different in the two species.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet ‘ longicercus ’ (Latin) refers to the ‘long cercus ’ of the male hypopygium.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype MADAGASCAR • ♂ (partly covered with mould); “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=49.416668&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.366667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 49.416668/lat -17.366667)">Lagoon</a> shore; Fenerive [= Fenoarivo Atsinanana; 17°22′ S, 49°25′ E]; Dec. 1955; B. Stuckenberg leg.; Hydrophorus bisetus Loew; P. Vanschuytbroeck det. 1957; I.R.Sc.N.B. I.G. 20938”; RBINS.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 9A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 6.3 mm; antenna length 1.1 mm; wing length 5.2 mm; wing width 1.6 mm.</p><p>HEAD. Postcranium bluish black, grey pollinose; frons bluish black, weakly pollinose; face and clypeus greenish black, brownish grey pollinose; face under antennae 1.8 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus half as long as epistoma, 1.6 × as wide as long; palp yellow, bearing black bristly hairs; proboscis black; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical, much stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate, black; lower postoculars multiseriate, white, long; antennal scape, pedicel and postpedicel black dorsally, orange ventrally; scape invisible; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel rounded, with short pubescence, slightly higher than long (18/14); arista-like stylus dorsal, black, thick basally, thin distally, shortly pubescent.</p><p>THORAX. Metallic bluish black, grey dusted; mesonotum darker, with matt black postalar spot; no acrostichals; 6–7 dorsocentrals decreasing in length anteriorly; scutellum with 2 strong marginals and 2 minute laterals; few upper and lower, white propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Fore coxa brown-black; mid and hind coxae black, orange-yellow at apex, grey pollinose; legs mostly dirty yellow, darker at knees; tibiae and tarsomeres 1–3 brown or black at tips; tarsomeres 4–5 brown-black. Fore leg (Fig. 9B). Coxa with long black setae and apical bristles; femur thickened, with ventral and posteroventral rows of strong bristles, about half as long as femur height; tibia bearing 3–4 long erect dorsal bristles, ventral row of short thick spinules, posteroventral row of elongate setulae, 2 long apicoventral bristles, devoid of black setulae anteriorly; basitarsus with ventral row of short thick spinules and posteroventral row of elongate setulae; segment 5 weakly widened and flattened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.63/1.42/0.64/0.29/0.19/0.16/0.17.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with black setae and bristles; femur with 2 ventral rows of short setae, at most ⅓ as long as femur height; tibia bearing 3 anterodorsal; 2 posterodorsal, 3 anteroventral, 2 posteroventral, 4 apical bristles; segment 5 inconspicuously widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.89/ 1.97/1.02/0.34/0.26/0.22/0.22.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa with 1 black exterior bristle; femur (Fig. 9C) ventrally with anteroventral row of bristles, about femur height; 3 anterodorsal bristles; tibia bearing 4 anterodorsal, 4 posterodorsal bristles, 2 anteroventral, 3 posteroventral, 4 apicals; segment 5 inconspicuously widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 2.73/2.8/0.67/0.54/0.37/0.24/0.26.</p><p>WING (Fig. 9D). Fumose, without distinct dark spots; veins brown; distal part of M 1+2 convex; tip of R 4+5 parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.5/0.28; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.4/0.58; anal vein distinct; halter dirty yellow; lower calypter dirty yellow, with white and brown cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Shining green-black dorsally, weakly dusted; shining blue-violet laterally; tergites 2–4 ventrally whitish pollinose; setae and hind-marginal bristles black, short; sternites 3 and 4 of male abdomen with tuft of mainly black long hairs. Hypopygium (Fig. 9E–F) black with black appendages; epandrial lobe reduced to small subtriangular projection, glabrous; hypandrium short, fused with epandrium, apically concave; phallosoma narrow, weakly projected; phallus long and simple, concealed; surstylus flat and broad, at middle slightly wider than at base (lateral view), with several short inner and ventral bristles at base, with few short outer bristles at apex; cerci dorsally separated, very long, extending to base of abdomen, broad on basal third, filiform distally, with marginal bristles (Fig. 9E; distal half of cercus broken).</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Notes</p><p>The holotype bears an identification label by P. Vanschuytbroeck, “ Hydrophorus bisetus Loew ”. The latter species was reported from Madagascar from 4 specimens (Vanschuytbroeck 1957), but only one male was found in RBINS collection, belonging to the new species described here. Hydrophorus bisetus was excluded from the Afrotropical Region by Dyte &amp; Smith (1980).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E924FF84C029C8D3FC2A7FEE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E926FF85C018CF6AFEFB7C81.text	282DC677E926FF85C018CF6AFEFB7C81.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus deemingi Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus deemingi sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E987D48E-1FB1-4E86-801C-44BACFAB7907</p><p>Fig. 10</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The small-sized Thinophilus deemingi sp. nov. is remarkable, having modified fore tarsus with basitarsus thick at apex; tarsal segments 2–4 short, triangular, with black lateral setae; segment 5 rounded, widened and flattened. As a whole, fore tibia ⅓ × as long as fore tarsus. In addition, wing crossvein dm-m ½ × as long as distal part of M 4. Other species of the Thinophilus indigenus group have practically simple fore tarsus, longer than fore tibia; wing crossvein dm-m as long as or ⅔ × as long as distal part of M 4.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is dedicated to the collector, the British dipterist Dr J.C. Deeming (NMWC)</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype OMAN • ♂; “ Muscat, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=58.466667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.616667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 58.466667/lat 23.616667)">Qurum Beach</a>; [23°37′ N, 58°28′ E]; 23 oct. 1990; J.С. Deeming leg.”; NMWC.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 10A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 1.8 mm; antenna length 0.5 mm; wing length 1.8 mm; wing width 0.6 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 10B). Postcranium bluish black, whitish pollinose; frons, face and clypeus greenish black, grey pollinose; face under antennae about 2 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus half as long as epistoma, 1.6 × as wide as long; palp yellow, bearing black bristly hairs; proboscis dark brown; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical, stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate, black; middle and lower postoculars multiseriate, white, long; antennal scape, pedicel and postpedicel blackish dorsally, yellow ventrally (Fig. 10C); scape with scale-like inner projection; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel apically browned, rounded, with short pubescence, as high as long; arista-like stylus dorsal, black and thick basally, thin distally, shortly pubescent; length ratio of scape to pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.05/0.04/0.08/0.2.</p><p>THORAX. Metallic, grey dusted; mesonotum greenish blue-black; pleura bluish black; no acrostichals; 6 dorsocentrals decreasing in length anteriorly; scutellum with 2 strong marginals and 2 minute laterals; few upper and lower, white propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Fore coxa yellow; mid and hind coxae black, yellow at apex; legs mostly yellow; fore tarsomeres 2–5 and mid and hind tarsomeres 4–5 brown-black.</p><p>FORE LEG. Coxa with black setae and bristles; femur (Fig. 10D) slightly thickened, with anteroventral row of about 6 black bristles, longer than femur height, with 3 preapical posteroventral setae; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal and 3 apical short bristles; basitarsus thick at apex; tarsal segments 2–4 short, triangular, with black lateral setae (Fig. 10E); segment 5 rounded, widened and flattened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.68/0.55/0.18/0.05/0.05/0.04/0.09.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with black setae; femur anteroventral row of black bristles, about as long as femur height, with 3 preapical posteroventral setae; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal; 2 posterodorsal, 4 apical bristles; tarsal segment 5 weakly widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.69/0.66/0.36/ 0.12/0.08/0.06/0.07.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa with 1 black exterior bristle; femur with ventral row of several very short black setae, as long as anterodorsal setae; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal bristles, 4 apicals; segment 5 weakly widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.78/0.78/0.2/0.19/0.1/0.08/0.07.</p><p>WING (Fig. 10F). Hyaline, without darker shades; veins brown-yellow, more yellowish at base; distal part of M 1+2 convex; tip of R 4+5 parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.24/0.14; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.16/0.27; anal vein distinct; halter yellow; lower calypter yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Bluish black, weakly dusted; setae and hind-marginal bristles on tergites black, short; sternites bearing fungi ( Laboulbeniales). Hypopygium (Fig. 10G) brown with yellow appendages; epandrial lobe fingerlike, with strong apical bristle; hypandrium short, apically concave; phallosoma massive, almost reaching apex of surstyli; phallus long and simple, strongly curved at apex of phallosoma, projected; surstylus straight (lateral view) with few longer bristles and several short apical and preapical setae (Fig. 10H); cerci dorsally fused almost to apex, boat-shaped, with marginal bristles (Fig. 10G).</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E926FF85C018CF6AFEFB7C81	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E919FFB9C028CB6CFEFB7F2A.text	282DC677E919FFB9C028CB6CFEFB7F2A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus manambato Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus manambato sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C2866EE5-976A-4775-859C-BBD06301A798</p><p>Fig. 11</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus manambato sp. nov. is close in habitus to T. capensis, T. cataractae sp. nov. and T. fluvialis sp. nov. (see key above), differing in fore coxa with mainly white setae, with at most 2–3 black apical bristles; mid coxa with white setae and one black bristle. The last three species have fore coxa with mainly black bristles and setae; mid coxa with black bristle and setae. The hypopygium of T. manambato is similar to that in T. fluvialis, but the surstylus of the latter is thin (lateral view), bearing about seven short spine-like apicoventral setae; the surstylus of T. manambato is broad (lateral view), with simple ventral and apical setae.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the Manambato village at the Lake Rasoabe near Toamasina city, where the type was collected.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype MADAGASCAR • ♂; “ Toamasina Region, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=49.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.75" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 49.15/lat -18.75)">Manambato</a>; 18.75° S, 49.15° E; 24–30 Nov. 2012; A.Medvedev leg.”; ZMUM.</p><p>Paratype MADAGASCAR • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; ZMUM .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 11A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 4.3 mm; antenna length 0.9 mm; wing length 3.7 mm; wing width 1.2 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 11B). Postcranium blackish blue, white pollinose; frons copper green, with violet spot under ocellar tubercle; face greenish blue; clypeus blackish blue, grey pollinose; face under antennae 1.7 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus about ⅓ as long as epistoma, about 2 × as wide as long; palp yellow, bearing black bristly hairs; proboscis dark brown; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical, much stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate, black; middle and lower postoculars multiseriate, white, long; antennal scape, pedicel and postpedicel blackish dorsally, yellow ventrally (Fig. 11C); scape with scale-like inner projection; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel apically browned, rounded, with short pubescence, slightly higher than long (15/11); arista-like stylus dorsal, black and thick basally, whitish and thin distally, shortly pubescent; length ratio of scape to pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.1/0.1/0.11/0.7.</p><p>THORAX. Metallic, grey dusted; mesonotum blue-green; pleura bluish black; no acrostichals; 6 dorsocentrals decreasing in length anteriorly; scutellum with 2 strong marginals and 2 minute laterals; 7–8 upper and 7–8 lower, white propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Fore coxa yellow; mid and hind coxae black, yellow at apex; legs mostly yellow; tarsi gradually darkened from tip of basitarsus.</p><p>FORE LEG. Coxa with mainly white setae, with at most 2–3 black apical bristles; femur simple, with some short fine ventral setae at base; tibia bearing 3 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal, 2–3 ventral and 3–4 apical short bristles, glabrous anteriorly on distal ⅓; tarsal segments 1–4 ventrally with short simple setulae; segments 3–5 with elongate apicodorsal setulae; segment 5 inconspicuously widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.24/1.16/0.51/0.25/0.19/0.13/0.17.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with white setae and 1 black bristle; femur with anteroventral row of short white hairs on basal half; 1 preapical posteroventral; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal; 2 posterodorsal, 2 ventral short bristles, 4 apicals; tarsal segments 1–4 ventrally with short setae; segment 5 inconspicuously flattened dorso-ventrally and widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.44/1.52/0.88/0.35/ 0.24/0.16/0.17.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa with 1 black exterior bristle; femur ventrally without remarkable setae; 6–7 anterodorsal bristles; tibia bearing 4 anterodorsal, 4 posterodorsal bristles, 3 short ventrals, 4 apicals; tarsal segments 1–4 ventrally with short setae; segment 5 with elongate apicodorsal setulae; segment 5 inconspicuously widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.68/1.9/0.61/0.45/0.28/0.21/0.2.</p><p>WING (Fig. 11D). Hyaline, without darker shades; veins yellow-brown, more yellowish at base; distal part of M 1+2 convex; tip of R 4+5 parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.40/0.26; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.33/0.35; anal vein distinct; halter yellow; lower calypter yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Blackish violet, grey dusted; tergite 6 shining blue; setae and hind-marginal bristles on tergites black, short; sternites with short white setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 11E–G) black with black appendages; epandrial lobe reduced; hypandrium fused with epandrium, short and broad, apically concave; phallosoma broad, narrow at apex, not reaching apex of surstyli; phallus short, simple, apically broad, hidden under phallosoma; surstylus straight and broad (lateral view), with 3 long dorsal bristles and several short and long ventral and apical setae (Fig. 11F); cerci dorsally adjoined, leaflike, with long marginal bristles (Fig. 11G).</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E919FFB9C028CB6CFEFB7F2A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E91BFFBFC013CE37FEFB7EB0.text	282DC677E91BFFBFC013CE37FEFB7EB0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus fluvialis Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus fluvialis sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 07D13005-A8FF-41E2-B35A-EDACC244BAE7</p><p>Fig. 12</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus fluvialis sp. nov. is close in habitus to T. manambato sp. nov., differing in fore coxa with mainly black bristles and setae; mid coxa with black bristle and setae. The last species have fore coxa with mainly white setae, with at most 2–3 black apical bristles; mid coxa with white setae and one black bristle. The hypopygium of T. manambato is similar to that in T. fluvialis, but the surstylus of the latter is thin (lateral view), bearing about seven short spine-like apicoventral setae; the surstylus of T. manambato is broad (lateral view), with simple ventral and apical setae. Thinophilus fluvialis keys to T. cataractae sp. nov. (see key above), differing in colour of the antenna, palp, and in morphology of hypopygium.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the ‘riverine’ inhabitation of the male type collected.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype TANZANIA • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=37.18&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-10.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 37.18/lat -10.85)">Muhuwesi River</a>; 10.85° S, 37.18° E; alt. 540 m; 18 Dec. 2015; N. Vikhrev leg.”; ZMUM.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 12A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 3.1 mm; antenna length 0.7 mm; wing length 2.8 mm; wing width 0.8 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 12B). Postcranium bluish black, whitish pollinose; frons blackish violet, grey pollinose, with shining spot under ocellar tubercle; face shining violet on upper half; clypeus and adjacent part of face black, grey pollinose; face under antennae about as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus 0.4 × as long as epistoma, 1.6 × as wide as long; palp yellow, bearing black bristly hairs; proboscis dark brown; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical, much stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate, black; middle and lower postoculars multiseriate, white, long; antennal scape, pedicel and postpedicel blackish dorsally, yellow ventrally (Fig. 12C); scape with scale-like inner projection; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel apically browned, rounded, with short pubescence, as high as long; arista-like stylus dorsal, black and thick basally, thin distally, shortly pubescent; length ratio of scape to pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.07/0.07/0.12/0.54.</p><p>THORAX. Metallic, grey dusted; mesonotum blue-green; pleura bluish black; no acrostichals; 6 dorsocentrals decreasing in length anteriorly; scutellum with 2 strong marginals and 2 minute laterals; 3 upper and 4 lower, white propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Fore coxa yellow; mid and hind coxae black, yellow at apex; legs mostly yellow; tarsi black from middle of segment 3.</p><p>FORE LEG. Coxa with mainly black setae and bristles, with white hairs at base; femur simple, with few short fine black ventral setae, with 4 preapical posteroventral setae; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal and 2 apical short bristles; tarsal segments with short simple setulae; segment 5 weakly widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.86/0.8/0.33/0.18/ 0.13/0.1/0.11.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with black setae and 1 black bristle; femur with ventral row of several very short black setae; 1 preapical anterior and 1 preapical posteroventral; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal; 2 posterodorsal, 4 apical bristles; tarsal segment 5 weakly widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 0.98/1.08/0.6/0.2/0.18/0.11/0.12.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa with 1 black exterior bristle; femur with ventral row of several very short black setae; about 5 anterodorsal bristles; tibia bearing 3 anterodorsal, 3 posterodorsal bristles, 2 ventrals, 4 apicals; segment 5 weakly widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.16/1.38/0.37/0.26/0. 21/0.14/0.13.</p><p>WING (Fig. 12D). Hyaline, without darker shades; veins yellow-brown, more yellowish at base; distal part of M 1+2 convex; tip of R 4+5 parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.32/0.17; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.25/0.27; anal vein distinct; halter yellow; lower calypter yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Copper green dorsally, weakly dusted; shining violet laterally; setae and hind-marginal bristles on tergites black, short; sternites with short setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 12E) black with black appendages (cut); epandrial lobe reduced; hypandrium fused with epandrium, short and broad, apically concave; phallosoma broad, rounded at apex; phallus long, coiled, simple, gradually broadened towards apex; surstylus straight and thin (lateral view), with 3 long dorsal bristles, several short ventral setae and about seven short spine-like apicoventral setae; cerci dorsally adjoined, leaflike, with short marginal bristles (Fig. 12F).</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E91BFFBFC013CE37FEFB7EB0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E91DFFB2C021CFA8FEFB7A94.text	282DC677E91DFFB2C021CFA8FEFB7A94.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus cataractae Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus cataractae sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D888F387-9F93-4989-AD30-CC8506F40B0A</p><p>Fig. 13</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus cataractae sp. nov. keys to T. fluvialis sp. nov., strongly differing from the latter in morphology of hypopygium, almost entirely black antenna, and black-brown palp on basal half. T. fluvialis male has antenna black dorsally, yellow ventrally; palp entirely yellow (see key above).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet ‘ cataractae ’(in Latin) refers to the Niagarakely waterfalls locality in the Niagarakely Forest, where the male type was collected.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype MADAGASCAR • ♂; “ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=48.216667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.15" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 48.216667/lat -19.15)">Niagarakely Forest</a> [19°09′ S, 48°13′ E]; Moramanga Distr.; Dec. 1955; B. Stuckenberg leg.; Thinophilus tinctus Parent; P. Vanschuytbroeck det. 1957; I.R.Sc.N.B. I.G. 20938”; RBINS.</p><p>Paratype MADAGASCAR • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; RBINS.</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 13A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 3.8 mm; antenna length 1 mm; wing length 3.5 mm; wing width 1.1 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 13B). Postcranium bluish black, grey pollinose; frons and face bluish black; clypeus black, grey pollinose; face under antennae about 2 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus about ⅔ as long as epistoma, about as wide as long; palp black-brown on basal half, yellow distally, bearing black bristly hairs; proboscis dark brown; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical, somewhat stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate, black; lower postoculars multiseriate, white, long; antenna black; scape with scale-like inner projection (spine-like from dorsal view; Fig. 13D), as long as scape; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel rounded, with short pubescence, as high as long; arista-like stylus dorsal, black and thick basally, thin distally, shortly pubescent; length ratio of scape to pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.07/0.07/0.10/0.84.</p><p>THORAX. Metallic, grey dusted; mesonotum black, without matt spots; pleura bluish black; no acrostichals; 5 dorsocentrals of almost equal length; scutellum with 2 strong marginals and 2 minute laterals; 1 dark upper and 1–2 white lower propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Fore coxa brown; mid and hind coxae black; legs mostly dirty yellow, darker at knees; tarsi black from tip of basitarsus</p><p>FORE LEG. Coxa with long black setae and apical bristles; femur simple, with some short fine ventral setae at base and 3–4 posteroventral bristles at apex; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal bristles and 3–4 short apical setae; tibia and tarsus ventrally with elongate simple setulae; segment 5 inconspicuously widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.05/1.04/ 0.47/0.22/0.18/0.13/0.16.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with black setae and 1 bristle; femur (Fig. 13C) with anteroventral row of short dark hairs on basal half; 1 preapical anterior and 4–5 preapical posteroventrals; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal; 2 posterodorsal, 4 apical bristles; segment 5 inconspicuously widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.3/1.39/0.8/0.34/0.2/0.13/0.16.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa with 1 black exterior bristle; femur ventrally without remarkable setae; 3 anterodorsal bristles; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal bristles, few very short ventrals, 4 apicals; segment 5 inconspicuously widened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.41/1.55/0.46/0.41/0. 28/0.17/0.18.</p><p>WING (Fig. 13E). Fumose, without dark spots; veins brown; distal part of M 1+2 straight; tip of R 4+5 parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.48/0.25; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.32/0.30; anal vein distinct; halter yellow; lower calypter yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. Black, grey dusted; tergites 2–4 laterally whitish pollinose; setae and hind-marginal bristles black, short; sternites with short setae. Hypopygium (Fig. 13F) black with black appendages; epandrial lobe fingerlike, with strong apical bristle; hypandrium fused with epandrium, short, apically concave; phallosoma broad, acute apically, projected; phallus coiled, long and flat, band-like; surstylus relatively short and narrow (lateral view), not reaching apex of phallosoma (Fig. 13G), with 2 long wormlike ventral processes and 2–3 short spine-like apicoventral setae; cerci dorsally widely separated, elongate-ovate, with narrow finger-like apex, covered with long outer bristles.</p><p>Female</p><p>Unknown.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E91DFFB2C021CFA8FEFB7A94	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E910FFB0C021CB8CFC647EAB.text	282DC677E910FFB0C021CB8CFC647EAB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus medvedevi Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus medvedevi sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: EC22CD6D-73BB-4F90-86A9-D84A2BEB8E8A</p><p>Fig. 14</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus medvedevi sp. nov. is very close in size and habitus to T. quadrisetus known by female holotype from Tanzania (Dar Es Salam), differing from the latter in lateral bristles on scutellum, ⅓ to ½ as long as median bristles. The scutellum of T. quadrisetus bears two pairs of scutellars of almost equal length (Parent 1936). There are some fine differences between the species in colour characters and leg setation that may relate with individual variability. Thinophilus medvedevi keys to T. subpalpatus sp. nov., differing in mid femur with rows of ventral setae, half as long as femur height; tarsomere 5 of all tarsi deep black; tarsomeres 1–4 of fore and mid tarsi yellow. The male of T. subpalpatus has mid femur with row of ventral setae on distal half, 2 × as long as femur height; tarsi gradually darkened towards tips.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species is named after the collector, Andrey Medvedev (ZMUM).</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype MADAGASCAR • ♂; “ Toliara Region, near <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=43.37&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.12" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 43.37/lat -23.12)">Ifaty</a>; 23.12° S, 43.37° E; 13 Nov. 2012; A. Medvedev leg.”; ZMUM.</p><p>Paratypes MADAGASCAR • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; ZMUM • 1 ♂; “ Toliara Region, Toliara env.; 23.20° S, 43.62° E; 12–19 Nov. 2012; A. Medvedev leg.”; ZMUM .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 14A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 5.8 mm; antenna length 0.9 mm; wing length 5.0 mm; wing width 1.6 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 14B). Postcranium blackish blue, white pollinose; frons, face and clypeus green-violet, grey pollinose; face under antennae 2 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus half as long as epistoma, about 2 × as wide as long; palp yellow, bearing black bristly hairs; proboscis dark brown; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 strong vertical, 1 postvertical, stronger and longer than, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars iniseriate, black; middle and lower postoculars multiseriate, white, long; antenna almost entirely orange-yellow (Fig. 14C); scape subtriangular; pedicel simple, convex on inner side; postpedicel browned at base of arista, rounded, with short pubescence, slightly higher than long (19/15); arista-like stylus dorsal, black and thick basally, white and thin distally, shortly pubescent; length ratio of scape to pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.14/0.07/0.15/0.59.</p><p>THORAX. Monochrome, black, whitish grey pollinose. No acrostichals; 7 dorsocentrals decreasing in length anteriorly; scutellum with 2 strong marginals and 2 laterals, ⅓ to ½ as long as median bristles; about 4 upper and about 11 lower, white propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Fore coxa mostly yellow, black at base; mid and hind coxae black, yellow at apex, whitish grey pollinose; legs mostly yellow; segment 5 almost entirely black; hind tarsomeres 1–3 dark at apex; hind tarsomere 4 brown.</p><p>FORE LEG. Coxa with white setae, with at most 1 dark apical seta; femur slightly thickened, with fine white ventral setae on basal half, with about 5 fine short black anteroventral setae at base, with about 5 posteroventral preapical black setae, as long as femur height; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal and 3–4 apical short setae, devoid of black setulae anteriorly on distal ⅓; tarsomeres weakly thickened, with elongated setulae; tarsomeres 2–4 with white ventral pile; tarsomere 5 distinctly flattened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.8/1.57/0.63/0.33/0.2/0.18/ 0.2.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with many black setae; femur with rather short black ventral setae; 1 anterior preapical bristle, posteroventral row of 5 black preapical setae; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal; 2 posterodorsal, 1 anteroventral, 1–2 posteroventral, 4 apical bristles; tarsomere 4 slightly thickened; tarsomere 5 distinctly flattened (Fig. 14D); length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.82/1.74/1.05/0.39/0.26/0.19 /0.24.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa with 1 black exterior bristle; femur with 2–3 anterodorsal setae on distal half and 2 preapical posteroventral short setae, without ventrals; tibia bearing 3 anterodorsal, 3 posterodorsal, 2 ventral bristles, 3 apicals; tarsomere 4 slightly thickened; tarsomere 5 distinctly flattened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 2.1/2.26/0.66/0.61/0.37/0.25/0.27.</p><p>WING (Fig. 14E). Hyaline, without darker shades; veins yellow-brown, more yellowish at base; distal part of M 1+2 convex; tip of R 4+5 parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.42/0.30; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.43/0.61; anal vein distinct; halter yellow; lower calypter yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. With setae and hind-marginal bristles on tergites black, short; sternites with very short setulae. Hypopygium (Fig. 14F) black, cercus yellow; epandrial lobe fingerlike, with strong apical bristle; hypandrium short, apically concave; phallosoma broad, split at apex, not reaching apex of surstyli; phallus coiled, long and flat, band-like; surstylus slightly curved, widened distally (Fig. 14G) with pointed apex, several short preapical bristles and setae; cerci dorsally fused at base, free and narrow distally, with long marginal bristles (Fig. 14G).</p><p>Female</p><p>Similar to male except lacking male secondary sexual characters. Posteroventral preapical setae on fore femur weakly developed; fore tarsus without white ventral pile.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E910FFB0C021CB8CFC647EAB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
282DC677E912FFB6C02BCFB5FC787C4D.text	282DC677E912FFB6C02BCFB5FC787C4D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thinophilus subpalpatus Grichanov 2023	<div><p>Thinophilus subpalpatus sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0221323D-EE12-4D5E-8670-2629791B95E5</p><p>Fig. 15</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Thinophilus subpalpatus sp. nov. keys to T. medvedevi sp. nov., differing in mid femur with row of ventral setae on distal half, 2 × as long as femur height; tarsi gradually darkened towards tips. The male of T. medvedevi sp. nov. has mid femur with rows of ventral setae, half as long as femur height; tarsomere 5 of all tarsi deep black; tarsomeres 1–4 of fore and mid tarsi yellow.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet reflects its morphological similarity with T. palpatus Parent, 1929 .</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype SOUTH AFRICA • ♂; “[Eastern] Cape Province, Umngazi Mouth; 31290a; [31°67′ S, 29°45′ W]; coastal dunes; 20 Oct. 1972; M.E. Irwin leg.”; NMSA.</p><p>Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA • 4 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; NMSA .</p><p>Description</p><p>Male (Fig. 15A)</p><p>MEASUREMENTS. Body length 4.5–4.7 mm; antenna length 0.8 mm; wing length 3.8 mm; wing width 1.0 mm.</p><p>HEAD (Fig. 15B). Postcranium, frons, face, clypeus, thorax and abdomen all monochrome, black, densely whitish grey pollinose; face under antennae 1.7 × as wide as height of postpedicel; clypeus 0.35 × as long as epistoma, 1.6 × as wide as long; palp yellow, bearing white hairs; proboscis black; 2 diverging ocellars; 1 vertical, 1 postvertical, about as strong and long as, and not in row with upper postoculars; upper postoculars uniseriate, black; middle and lower postoculars multiseriate, white, long; antenna almost entirely orange-yellow (Fig. 15C); scape and pedicel simple; pedicel straight on inner side; postpedicel apically darkened, rounded, with short pubescence, as high as long; arista-like stylus dorsal, dark and thick basally, white and thin distally, shortly pubescent; length ratio of scape to pedicel to postpedicel to stylus, 0.09/0.06/0.13/0.54.</p><p>THORAX. No acrostichals; 6 dorsocentrals decreasing in length anteriorly; scutellum with 2 strong marginals and 2 laterals, half as long as median bristles; about 5 upper and about 5 lower, white propleural bristles of different length.</p><p>LEGS. Fore coxa yellow; mid and hind coxae black, yellow at apex, whitish grey pollinose; legs mostly yellow; fore tarsomeres 2–4, mid and hind tarsomeres 1–4 blackish at apex; segment 5 almost entirely black.</p><p>FORE LEG. Coxa with very short white setae; femur slightly thickened, with about 5 fine white ventral setae at base, half as long as femur height, with 3 posteroventral preapical black setae; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal and 2–3 apical short bristles, devoid of black setulae anteriorly on distal ⅓; tarsomeres weakly thickened, with elongated setulae; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.12/0.95/0.42/0.2/0.16/0.12/0.15.</p><p>MID LEG. Coxa with 1–2 black setae; femur with rather short fine white ventral setae; anteroventral row of 5–7 black setae, as long as femur height, 1–2 preapical posteroventral short setae; tibia bearing 2 anterodorsal; 2 posterodorsal, 4 apical short bristles; tarsal segments 4–5 slightly thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.19/1.19/0.78/0.28/0.19/0.12/0.16.</p><p>HIND LEG. Coxa without exterior bristle; femur with 1 preapical anterior and 2 preapical posteroventral short setae, without ventrals; tibia bearing 3 anterodorsal, 3 posterodorsal, 1 ventral bristles, 3 apicals; tarsal segments 4–5 slightly thickened; length of femur, tibia and tarsal segments (in mm): 1.69/1.5/0.4 5/0.36/0.21/0.17/0.16.</p><p>WING (Fig. 15D). Hyaline, without darker shades; veins yellow-brown, more yellowish at base; distal part of M 1+2 straight; tip of R 4+5 parallel with M 1+2; ratio of part of costa between R 2+3 and R 4+5 to that between R 4+5 and M 1+2 (in mm), 0.31/0.19; crossvein dm-m straight; ratio of dm-m to distal part of M 4, 0.38/0.46; anal vein distinct; halter yellow; lower calypter yellow, with white cilia.</p><p>ABDOMEN. With setae and hind-marginal bristles on tergites black, short; sternites with very short setulae. Hypopygium (Fig. 15E) black, cercus yellow; epandrial lobe fingerlike, with strong apical bristle; hypandrium short, apically concave; phallosoma relatively narrow, pointed apically, reaching apex of ventral lobe of surstylus; phallus thin, long and simple, curved at apex of phallosoma; surstylus bilobate, with thinner and longer dorsal lobe (Fig. 15F); each lobe with 1 long ventral bristle and short setae at apex; cerci free, evenly broad to apex, with long marginal bristles.</p><p>Female</p><p>Similar to male except lacking male secondary sexual characters.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/282DC677E912FFB6C02BCFB5FC787C4D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Grichanov, Igor Ya.	Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2023): A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 878: 1-52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153, URL: http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093
