Eothalassius, a new genus of parathalassiine flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-118

  Shamshev, Igor V ^a,b   Grootaert, Patrick ^b  

^a ALL RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diptera; Dolichopodidae; Empidoidea; Eothalassius; New genus; New species; Oriental region; Parathalassiinae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FLY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

DIPTERA; DOLICHOPODIDAE; EMPIDOIDEA; PLATYPALPUS;

EID: 16244362006     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.016     Document Type: Article

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