- Canacidae
Taxobox
name = Canacidae
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Brachycera
infraordo =Muscomorpha
zoosectio =Schizophora
zoosubsectio =Acalyptratae
superfamilia =Carnoidea
familia = Canacidae
synonyms = Canaceidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Canace" Haliday in Curtis, 1837 "Xanthocanace" Hendel, 1914 Others, see TextCanacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of
Diptera .There are 113 species in 12 genera.Family description
See [http://delta-intkey.com/britin/dip/www/canacida.htm] Drawings of "Canace".
Biology
Canacidae are intertidal flies.
References
*Mathis, W.N.1992 World Catalog of the Beach-Fly Family Canacidae (Diptera). "Smithson. Contr. Zool". 536, 18 pp.
*Mathis, W.N. 1998. Family Canacidae. I: Papp, L. and Darvas, B. "Contributions to a Manual of palaearctic Diptera". 3: 251-257. Science Herald, Budapest.
*Mathis, W.N. and Freidberg, A. Review of Afrotropical beach flies of the tribe Canacini and subfamily Nocticanacinae (Diptera: Canacidae)"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" (Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash.) ISSN 0013-8797
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