Thoracochaeta Duda, 1918

Marshall, Stephen A., Roháček, Jindřich, Dong, Hui & Buck, Matthias, 2011, The state of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera: Acalyptratae): a world catalog update covering the years 2000 - 2010, with new generic synonymy, new combinations, and new distributions, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 217-298 : 281-282

Genus Thoracochaeta Duda, 1918

Thoracochaeta Duda, 1918 . – HAYASHI (2005b): 293 –297 [diagnosis, taxonomy, key to Japanese species, illustr.].

Thoracochaeta accola Roháček & Marshall, 2000 . Distr.: Palaearctic: Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Ukraine.

Thoracochaeta accola . – GATT (2004): 115 [new record from Cyprus].

Thoracochaeta brachystoma (Stenhammar, 1855) . Distr.: Afrotropical: Cameroon, Ghana, Seychelles, South Africa, Yemen; Australasian / Oceanian: Australia (NSW), Cook Is., Hawaii ( USA), Micronesia (Yap Is.), New Caledonia, Palau ( USA); Nearctic: Canada (NB, NS, PE, QC), USA (CT, FL, MA, NH, NY, RI, TX); Neotropical: Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Chile, Dominica, Easter I., Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is. ( Chile), Mexico (QNR, YUC), Peru, Turks & Caicos, Venezuela; Oriental: Indonesia (Sumatra), Philippines; Palaearctic: Algeria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is. ( Spain), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Israel [record missing from previous catalog], Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania,? Russia (CET), Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates; South Atlantic: Gough I., Tristan da Cunha.

Thoracochaeta brachystoma . – NASH et al. (2001): 203 [record from Ireland]; ROHÁČEK (2004b): 258 [new record from Cyprus]; GATT (2007): 305 [new record from Morocco]; GATT (2008): 701 [new record from United Arab Emirates]; KARPA (2008): 28 [record from Latvia].

Leptocera brachystoma . – PANTELEEVA (2005): 492 [a doubful record from Russia: CET].

Thoracochaeta erectiseta Carles-Tolrá, 1994 . Distr.: Palaearctic: Canary Is. ( Spain), Great Britain, Italy (Sicily), Morocco, Spain (Balearic Is.).

Thoracochaeta erectiseta . – GATT (2007): 305 [new record from Morocco].

Thoracochaeta gemina Roháček & Marshall, 2000 . Distr.: Palaearctic: Japan, Russia (FE).

Thoracochaeta gemina . – HAYASHI (2005b): 293 [diagnosis, key, new record from Japan].

Thoracochaeta mediterranea Munari, 1989 . Distr.: Palaearctic: Croatia, Cyprus, Italy (Pantelleria I.), Malta, Spain (Balearic Is.).

Thoracochaeta mediterranea . – ROHÁČEK (2004b): 259 [new record from Cyprus].

Thoracochaeta setifer Hayashi, 2005 . Distr.: Palaearctic: Japan.

Thoracochaeta setifer Hayashi, 2005b: 294 [both sexes, key, taxonomic notes, illustr.]. Type locality: Japan, Hokkaido, Nemuro, Nemuro. HT male (NIID).

Thoracochaeta zosterae (Haliday, 1833) . Distr.: Nearctic: Canada (NB, NS, ON, PE), USA (ME); Neotropical: Argentina; Palaearctic: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Is. ( Denmark), Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (NET, FE, SET), Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey; South Atlantic: Gough I.; South Indian Ocean: Île Saint Paul.

Thoracochaeta zosterae . – LUTOVINOVAS et al. (2003): 408 [new record from Lithuania].