Thinophilus clavatus Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2006

Samoh, Abdulloh, Satasook, Chutamas & Grootaert, Patrick, 2019, New marine Thinophilus species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Hydrophorinae) from the Thai Andaman Sea coast and new records from peninsular Thailand, European Journal of Taxonomy 505, pp. 1-20 : 15-16

Thinophilus clavatus Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2006

Material examined

THAILAND – Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. • 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Bang Kongkhong, Pak Phanang ; 8°24′08.9″ N, 100°11′17.2″ E; 1 May 2015; A. Samoh leg.; sweep netting; PSUNHM • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Pak

Phanang Tawantok, Pak Phanang; 8°22′30.0″ N, 100°10′00.4″ E; 30 Apr. 2015; A. Samoh leg.; sweep netting; PSUNHM • 5 ♀♀; Talumpuk Cape, Pak Phanang; 8°31′06.6″ N, 100°06′51.5″ E; 2 May 2015; A. Samoh leg.; sweep netting; PSUNHM • 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Bang Bangluek, Pak Phanang; 8°22′27.7″ N, 100°08′12.4″ E; 3 May 2015; A. Samoh leg.; sweep netting; PSUNHM. – Surat Thani Prov . • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Khlong Thonglang, Khlong Chanak, Muang; 9°12′01.9″ N, 99°21′20.4″ E; 6 Jul. 2018; A. Samoh leg.; sweep netting; PSUNHM.

Distribution

Gulf of Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani, and Songkhla Provinces). Further known from China and Singapore.

Comments

This robust species is closely related to T. chaetulosus and quite common in southern Thailand. It is not strictly marine and thus often found at some distance from the sea. Recently, it was also recorded on Pulau Ubin, an island on the North West coast of Singapore (P. Grootaert, unpublished).