Thambemyia

Thambemyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[2] It known from the Oriental and Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic species from Japan. Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. Conchopus is sometimes considered a synonym of Thambemyia, but the former is considered a valid genus by some authors.^[3]

Thambemyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophorinae
Tribe:	Aphrosylini
Genus:	Thambemyia Oldroyd, 1956[1]
Type species
Thambemyia pagdeni Oldroyd, 1956[1]
Synonyms
?Conchopus Takagi, 1965 (disputed)

Species

Subgenus Thambemyia Oldroyd, 1956:

• Thambemyia bisetosa Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005^[4] – China (Hong Kong/Lantau Island)
• Thambemyia bruneiensis Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005^[4] – Brunei
• Thambemyia fusariae Capellari, 2015^[3] – Brazil (Bahia)
• Thambemyia hui Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005^[4] – China (Fujian), Taiwan
• Thambemyia lopatini Grichanov, 2013^[5] – India (Gujarat)
• Thambemyia pagdeni Oldroyd, 1956^[1] – Malaysia (Penang Island), Thailand (Phuket Island)

Subgenus Prothambemyia Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005:^[4]

• Thambemyia japonica Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005^[4] – Japan (Shikoku, Kyushu)

If Conchopus is a synonym of Thambemyia, the following species would also be included in the genus:

• Thambemyia abdominalis (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia acrosticalis (Parent, 1937)^[6]
• Thambemyia anomalopus (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia borealis (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia convergens (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia corvus (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia mammuthus (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia nodulata (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia poseidonia (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia pudica (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia recta (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia saigusai (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia shandongensis Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2005^[7]
• Thambemyia sigmigra (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia signata (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia sikokiana (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia sinuata (Takagi, 1965)
• Thambemyia taivanensis (Takagi, 1967)
• Thambemyia uvasima (Takagi, 1965)