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 spinitarsis Becker, 1907 Thinophilus spinitarsis Becker, 1907b: 315 . Type locality: China : “O. Zaidam [= eastern Qaidam Basin], im nord-Osu; Tibet , Kurlyk am Fl. Baingol [= Korla city near Bayingol River]”. Material examined SENEGAL1 ♂ ; Bandia Reserve ; 28 Feb. 2007 ; N. Vikhrev leg.; ZMUM . Distribution Oriental: China ( Taiwan) , India ( Gujarat ); Palaearctic: China ( Qinghai , Xinjiang ), Iran , Israel , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , “ Ukraine ” ( Kherson ). First record from Senegal and Afrotropical Region.