Canacidae
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Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera.There are 113 species in 12 genera.
[edit] Family description
See [1] Excellent drawings of Canace.
[edit] Biology
Canacidae are intertidal flies.
[edit] 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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