Thinophilus tesselatus Becker, 1922

Grichanov, I. Ya., 2023, Four new species of the genus Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with new records and a key to species known from India and adjacent regions, Far Eastern Entomologist 472, pp. 1-17 : 5-6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25221/fee.472.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10944982
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scientific name	Thinophilus tesselatus Becker, 1922
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Thinophilus tesselatus Becker, 1922 View in CoL

Thinophilus tesselatus Becker, 1922: 35 View in CoL . Type locality: China, Taiwan, Tainan ; Bangladesh, Rajshahi, Bengal .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. India: Assam [state], Chapar env., Champamati river , 26.32º N, 90.46º E, 1–3.I 2014, 1♂, K. Tomkovich leg. GoogleMaps ; Goa [state], Poinguinim , 14.967- 6º N, 74.085- 6º E, 14–16.II 2009, pasture, 1♂, K. Tomkovich leg. GoogleMaps ; Orissa [= Odisha state], Banigocha – Daspalla , 20.382º N, 84.771º E, 17–25.I 2014, 1♂, K. Tomkovich leg. GoogleMaps ; Orissa [= Odisha state], Gop , 19.982º N, 86.016º E, 8–9.I 2014, 1♂, K. Tomkovich leg. GoogleMaps Thailand: Chonburi [province], around Pattaya , 10– 15.I 2006, 1♂, N. Vikhrev leg. ; [Chonburi province], Pattaya, Jomtien , 4.XII 2007, 1♂, N. Vikhrev leg. ; Rayong province, 12º50.1389ʹ N, 100º43.9888ʹ E, 22.XI 2006, 1♂, A.L. Ozerov leg. GoogleMaps

DISTRIBUTION. Bangladesh, * India (Assam, Goa, Odisha), China (Taiwan), * Thailand (Chonburi, Rayong), Philippines (Mindoro).

NOTES. Thinophilus tesselatus was originally described from “ Bengalen: Rajshai” ( Becker, 1922) and was later included into catalogs as known from India. However, Rajshai (or Rajshahi) is a city in the present-day Bangladesh. So, the species is found here in India for the first time.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Dolichopodidae
Genus	Thinophilus