New species of Chimerothalassius Shamshev Grootaert (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae) from the West Indies and Costa Rica

Scott E Brooks; Jeffrey M Cumming

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.6

New species of Chimerothalassius Shamshev Grootaert (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae) from the West Indies and Costa Rica

Zootaxa. 2018 Feb 27;4387(3):511-523. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.6.

Authors

Scott E Brooks¹, Jeffrey M Cumming

Affiliation

¹ Diptera Unit, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, CANADA. [email protected].

PMID: 29690478
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.6

Abstract

Chimerothalassius runyoni sp. nov. is described from rocky coastlines of Montserrat and Dominica, and the genus is newly recorded from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, based on female specimens of an undescribed species.

Keywords: Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae, Parathalassiinae, Chimerothalassius, Neotropical, Montserrat, Dominica, Costa Rica, Caribbean, new species.

MeSH terms

Animals
Costa Rica
Diptera*
Dominica
Female
West Indies