Thinophilus murphyi Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002

Grootaert, Patrick, 2018, Revision of the genus Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Singapore and adjacent regions: A long term study with a prudent reconciliation of a genetic to a classic morphological approach, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66, pp. 413-473 : 441-442

Thinophilus murphyi Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002

(Figs. 27–29)

Thinophilus murphyi Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002: 306 (Figs. 12–16). Type locality: Singapore, Mandai mangrove .

Fig. 28. Thinophilus murphyi Evenhuis & Grootaert male terminalia (after Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002). A, Epandrium ventrally; B, Epandrium laterally; C, Cerci dorsally. Scale = 0.1 mm.

Type material. Holotype male and 1 paratype male from SINGAPORE, Mandai mangrove, 9 October 2000, (20036, leg. P. Grootaert & N. Evenhuis, holotype in ZRC, paratypes in RBINS). Other paratypes. SINGAPORE: 1 male, 1 female, Mandai jetty, mudflats, 9 October 2000 (leg. P. Grootaert & N. Evenhuis, BPBM). MALAYSIA: Kota Tinggi: 7 males, 15 females, Sedili kecil, low tide, 11.X.2000 (20046, leg. P. Grootaert & N. Evenhuis, RBINS, BPBM).

Additional material. SINGAPORE: 3 males, 4 females, Chek Jawa, mangrove, 2 December 2003, (reg. 23096, Si268, leg. PG) ; 2 males, 5 females, mangrove, 26 March 2005, (reg. 25031, Si531, leg. PG) ; 3 males, 1 female, mangrove, 12-Sep-2005, (reg. 25342, Si1046, leg. PG) ; 15 males, mangrove, 22 December 2005, (reg. 25455, Si1383, leg. PG) ; 18 females, mangrove, 22 December 2005, (reg. 25455, Si1384, leg. PG) ; 1 male, Lim Chu Kang, mangrove, 26 November 2003, (reg. 23089, Si257, leg. PG) ; 3 females, Pasir Ris, mangrove, 4 December 2003, (reg. 23106, Si52, leg. PG) ; 12 males, Semakau Island, mangrove, 10 March 2005, (reg. 25009, Si407, leg. PG) ; 7 females, mangrove, 10 March 2005, (reg. 25009, Si408, leg. PG) ; 7 males, 4 females, beach, 26 June 2005, (reg. 25184, Si841, leg. PG) ; 12 males, 14 females, Sungei Buloh, mangrove, 27 November 2003, (reg. 23090, Si183, leg. PG) ; 1 male, 28 March 2005, (reg. 25035, Si541, leg. PG) ; 11 females, mangrove, 28 March 2005, (reg. 25035, Si542, leg. PG) ; 1 female, mangrove, 27 April 2005, (reg. 25096, Si1236, leg. PG) ; 1 female, mangrove, 18 May 2005, (reg. 25161, Si1194, leg. PG) ; 3 females, mangrove, 10 June 2005, (reg. 25168, Si1301, leg. PG) ; 4 males, 8 females, mangrove, 22 June 2005, (reg. 25122, Si796, leg. PG) ; 1 male, mangrove, Fig. 29. Thinophilus murphyi Evenhuis & Grootaert : Phenology during a 2-year survey ( MIP) .

26 August 2005, (reg. 25321, Si1022, leg. PG); 1 female , mangrove, 14 October 2005, (reg. 25393, Si1272, leg. PG) .

More records from the SMIP and MIP campaign are given in Annex 1.

Diagnosis. Robust, medium-sized species with yellow palpus, antennae ventrally yellowish, and all coxae black. Arista dorsal with a fine, white tip. Fore coxa in male with a protruding hump covered with black bristles. 6 long, subequally long, dc. Mesonotum metallic green without

Fig. 30. Thinophilus nigrilineatus sp. nov., habitus male.

black spots. Wing membrane unspotted. Cerci yellow; medially not fused.

Distribution. Singapore, Malaysia.

Phenology. Thinophilus murphyi is present throughout the year. It has its peak activity during the Northeast monsoon and is less active during the dryer period from May until August during the Southwest monsoon.

Bionomics. Thinophilus murphyi is mainly found foraging on the mudflats of the front mangrove as well as on sandy/ silty beaches.