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 aquaticus Becker, 1914 Thinophilus aquaticus Becker, 1914: 125 . Type locality: Kenya , Tiwi. Fig. 2. Thinophilus calopus Loew, 1852 , ♂ (ZMUM). A . Habitus. B . Head. C . Hind femur. D . Wing. E . Last segments of abdomen and hypopygium, dry, lateral view. Notes The species is known by two female types from Kenya . Only one indeterminable female from Madagascar was found in the RMCA collection under the label “ Thinophilus aquaticus , det. Vanschuytbroeck”. The record from Madagascar ( Vanschuytbroeck 1957 ) is most probably a misidentification. Distribution Kenya .