title: Ngirhaphium Evenhuis & Grootaert from southern Thailand (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with the description of a new species.
abstract: The genus Ngirhaphium Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002 is reported for the first time from Thailand in particular from mangroves on the coast of the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand. Three species were found: N. murphyi Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002, N. sivasothii Grootaert & Puniamoorthy, 2014 and N. chutamasae sp. nov. The latter species is described and illustrated and a key to all four known species is provided. COI barcode data showed that the new species is most closely related to N. murphyi with a genetic distance of 7%. The distance with the other species is 11 to 12%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai campus, Kho Hong, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, 90112.; Email: flywizme@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Abdulloh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samoh
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai campus, Kho Hong, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, 90112.; Email: sboonrotpong@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Singtoe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boonrotpong
authors.affiliation: Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.; Email: Patrick.Grootaert@naturalsciences.be.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grootaert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D013785:Thailand