Canacidae

Canacidae
Tethina lusitanica, Portugal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Carnoidea
Family: Canacidae
Genera

Canace Haliday in Curtis, 1837
Xanthocanace Hendel, 1914
Others, see text

Synonyms

Canaceidae
Tethinidae

Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera.There are 113 species in 12 genera.

Contents

Family description

See [1] Drawings of Canace.

Biology

Canacidae are intertidal flies.

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