Systematics of the genus Epithalassius Mik, 1891 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)

Abstract

The genus Epithalassius Mik, 1891 is reviewed, illustrated and keyed, and includes seven species, one of them newly described: E. susmani sp. n. from Israel. A checklist of the Epithalassius fauna is provided along with notes on selected species and genus position. E. corsicanus Becker, 1910 is first recorded from Israel. A new tribe Epithalassiini, tribus novus, is proposed in the subfamily Hydrophorinae. A key to tribes of the subfamily is also compiled

Keywords

• Diptera
• Dolichopodidae
• Palearctic Region
• Afrotropical Region
• Epithalassius
• new species
• key