A review of the Afrotropical Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the descriptions of ten new species Author Grichanov, Igor Ya. All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, St Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608, Russia. grichanov@mail.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-07-03 878 1 52 http://zoobank.org/07efe4b6-4184-41c7-82a5-747bf67ba093 journal article 57399 10.5852/ejt.2023.878.2153 0dfb60c4-1de3-4062-9443-15b55e7e0c88 2118-9773 8110550 07EFE4B6-4184-41C7-82A5-747BF67BA093 Thinophilus quadrimaculatus Becker, 1902 Thinophilus quadrimaculatus Becker, 1902: 49 . Type locality: Egypt , Cairo . Palaearctic: Algeria , Egypt , Iran , Israel , Tajikistan , Tunisia . Notes The Palaearctic Thinophilus quadrimaculatus was once reported from DR Congo by Vanschuytbroeck (1951) . One male and one female from this country were found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus quadrimaculatus , det. Vanschuytbroeck”; the male belongs to Thinophilus splendidus , and the female belongs to Pelastoneurus sp. The species must be excluded from the Afrotropical fauna.