Thinolestris thaica Grootaert & Meuffels, 2001

Grootaert, Patrick & Evenhuis, Neal L., 2006, On the distribution of the marine genus Thinolestris Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with a description of a new species from Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, Zootaxa 1134, pp. 59-68 : 66-67

Thinolestris thaica Grootaert & Meuffels, 2001

Fig. 14 .

Thinolestris thaica Grootaert & Meuffels, 2001 , Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49: 349 (Figs 27–30).

Material examined: MALAYSIA: 2 females, Langkawi, Burau Bay, 4.IX.2005 (sample 25325, Tio160, leg. P. Grootaert, RBINS).

Diagnosis: Antenna yellow, third segment a little darker than basal segments; arista black. Mesonotum and scutellum yellowish brown with brown bristles. Abdomen with all segments brown, but first tergite yellow in ground­colour; hairs and bristles yellowish white. Tip of hypandrium not indented ( Fig. 14 ).

Distribution: Malaysia and Thailand: coast of Andaman Sea. Phenology: Observed in April, May and September.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 15. Thinolestris extension on sternite 5 and hypandrium (left lateral view): 12. T. luteola (PNG); 13. T. nigra (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei); 14. T. thaica (Thailand); 15. T. obscura (Sulawesi).