''Tethina'' is a genus of beach
flies
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced m ...
in the
family
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Canacidae
Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera. There are 113 species in 12 genera.
The family now includes Tethininae as a subfamily.
Family description
For terms see Morphology of Diptera.
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(formally Tethinidae). They are found in all
terrestrial
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biogeographic realm
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s.
Biology
Like most Tethininae, ''Tethina'' species mostly live in salty environments. They are found on coastal marine habitats including the intertidal zones and on wrack heaps, as well as salt marshes, coastal dune vegetation, and on salty soils or bare sand. Some species of ''Tethina'' are also found at desert oases.
Species
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T. acrostichalis''
Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996
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T. albitarsa''
Foster and Mathis, 1998
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T. alboguttata''
(Strobl, 1900)
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T. albosetulosa''
(Strobl, 1900)
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T. albula''
( Loew, 1869)
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T. amphitrite''
Munari and Báez, 2000
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T. angustifrons''
Melander, 1952
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T. angustipennis''
( Melander, 1952)
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T. callosirostris''
Munari, 2008
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T. cohiba''
Foster and Mathis, 1998
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T. czernyi''
(Hendel, 1934)
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T. dunae''
Munari, 2007
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T. flavigenis''
(Hendel, 1934)
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T. flavoidea''
Beschovski, 1997
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T. gatti''
Munari and Ebejer, 2001
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T. gobii''
Beschovski and Nartshuk, 1997
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T. grisea''
( Fallén, 1823)
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T. grossipes''
(Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1908)
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T. guttata''
Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996
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T. heringi''
(Hendel, 1934)
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T. hirsuta''
Munari, 2000
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T. histrica''
Munari, 2009
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T. horripilans''
( Melander, 1952)
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T. illota''
( Haliday in Curtis
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, 1937)
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T. incisuralis''
(Macquart, 1851)
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T. inopinata''
Munari and Canzoneri, 1992
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T. insignis''
Becker, 1907
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T. insulans''
Curran, 1932
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T. intermedia''
Collin, 1966
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T. karatasensis''
Munari, 1981
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T. lisae''
Foster and Mathis, 1998
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T. litocola''
Munari and Ebejer, 2001
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T. longilabella''
Munari, 2007
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T. longirostris''
( Loew, 1865)
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T. lusitanica''
Munari, Almeida, and Andrade, 2009
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T. luteosetosa''
Beschovski and Nartshuk, 1997
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T. mariae''
Munari, 2004
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T. marmorata''
(Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1908)
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T. melitensis''
Munari, 2004
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T. merzi''
Munari, 1999
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T. milichioides''
Melander, 1913
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T. mima''
Munari, 1996
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T. minoia''
Munari, 1999
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T. multipilosa''
Beschovski and Nartshuk, 1997
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T. munarii''
Carles-Tolrá, 1993
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T. nigriseta''
Malloch, 1924
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T. nigrofemorata''
Beschovski, 1997
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T. omanensis''
Munari, 2007
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T. orientalis''
Hendel, 1934
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T. pallidiseta''
Malloch, 1935
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T. pallipes''
( Loew, 1865)
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T. parvula''
( Loew, 1869)
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T. pictipennis''
Munari, 2004
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T. pleuralis''
Munari, 2010
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T. prognatha''
Melander, 1952
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T. robusta''
Foster and Mathis, 2000
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T. saigusai''
Sasakawa, 1986
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T. salinicola''
Beschovski, 1998
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T. sasakawai''
Foster and Mathis, 2008
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T. shalom''
Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996
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T. soikai''
Munari, 1981
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T. spinigera''
Munari, 2008
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T. spinulosa''
Cole, 1923
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T. stobaeana''
Munari, 1996
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T. strobliana''
(Mercier, 1923)
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T. stukei''
Munari, 2010
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T. subpunctata''
Beschovski, 1994
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T. tethys''
Munari and Báez, 2000
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T. thula''
Munari, 2004
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T. tschirnhausi''
Munari, 1999
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T. willistoni''
Melander, 1913
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T. xanthopoda''
Williston, 1896
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T. yaromi''
Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996
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T. yemenensis''
Munari, 2004
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q14538972
Canacidae
Taxa named by Alexander Henry Haliday