Canacidae - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera

Diptera

Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...

.There are 113 species in 12 genera.

Family description

See http://delta-intkey.com/britin/dip/www/canacida.htm Drawings of Canace.

External links

http://www.diptera.info/downloads/Munari_Almeida_Andrade_2009.pdf Munari, Almeida, Andrade Description of a new species of Tethina Excellent photos.
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