''Thambemyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It known from the

Oriental The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the ...

and Neotropical realms, with a single

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

species from

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Members of the genus live exclusively in the

intertidal zone The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore, is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide (in other words, the area within the tidal range). This area can include several types of habitats with various species o ...

of rocky shores. ''

Conchopus ''Conchopus'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in Japan, China, Taiwan, the Hawaiian Islands, and Wake Island. The species ''Conchopus borealis'' is also an introduced species in North America and South Ame ...

'' is sometimes considered a synonym of ''Thambemyia'', but the former is considered a valid genus by some authors.

Species

Subgenus ''Thambemyia'' Oldroyd, 1956: *''

Thambemyia bisetosa ''Thambemyia'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It known from the Oriental realm, Oriental and Neotropical realm, Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic realm, Palearctic species from Japan. Members of the genus live e ...

'' Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005 – Hong Kong ( Lantau Island) *''

Thambemyia bruneiensis ''Thambemyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It known from the Oriental and Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic species from Japan. Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. ''Co ...

'' Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005 – Brunei *''

Thambemyia fusariae ''Thambemyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It known from the Oriental and Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic species from Japan. Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. ''Co ...

'' Capellari, 2015 – Brazil ( Bahia) *''

Thambemyia hui ''Thambemyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It known from the Oriental and Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic species from Japan. Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. ''Co ...

'' Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005 –

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

( Fujian), Taiwan *''

Thambemyia lopatini ''Thambemyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It known from the Oriental and Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic species from Japan. Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. ''Co ...

'' Grichanov, 2013 – India ( Gujarat) *''

Thambemyia pagdeni ''Thambemyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It known from the Oriental and Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic species from Japan. Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. ''Co ...

'' Oldroyd, 1956 – Malaysia ( Penang Island), Thailand ( Phuket Island) Subgenus ''Prothambemyia'' Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005: *''

Thambemyia japonica ''Thambemyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It known from the Oriental and Neotropical realms, with a single Palearctic species from Japan. Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. ''Co ...

'' Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005 –

( Shikoku,

Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...

) If ''

'' is a synonym of ''Thambemyia'', the following species would also be included in the genus: *''Thambemyia abdominalis'' (

Takagi is a Japanese surname meaning "tall tree". Notable people with the surname include: *Akimitsu Takagi (1920–1995), Japanese crime fiction writer *Jon Mamoru Takagi (1942–1984), American martial arts instructor *, Japanese footballer * Hinako T ...

, 1965) *''Thambemyia acrosticalis'' ( Parent, 1937) *''Thambemyia anomalopus'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia borealis'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia convergens'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia corvus'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia mammuthus'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia nodulata'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia poseidonia'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia pudica'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia recta'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia saigusai'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia shandongensis'' Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2005 *''Thambemyia sigmigra'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia signata'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia sikokiana'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia sinuata'' (

, 1965) *''Thambemyia taivanensis'' (

, 1967) *''Thambemyia uvasima'' (

, 1965)

Species

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