bellus Loew Thripticus bellus Loew, 1869: 303. Thripticus minus Vanschuytbroek, 1951: 96. Thripticus fennicus Vanschuytbroek, 1951: 95. Distribution. Palaearctic: Abkhazia, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (Negrobov et al. 2019), Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (Pollet et al. 2019), Romania, Russia (from European part to Primorje), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan (Negrobov et al. 2019), Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (Negrobov et al. 2019). Afrotropical: DR Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal, South Africa, St. Helena, Tanzania.

Published as part of Negrobov, Oleg P. & Naglis, Stefan, 2020, Two new species of Thrypticus Gerstäcker from Turkey (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with checklist and key to Palaearctic species, pp. 111-125 in Zootaxa 4858 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4411639