Canace actites

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Canace actites
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Canacidae
Genus: Canace
Species:
C. actites
Binomial name
Canace actites
Mathis, 1982

Canace actites, is a European species of Canacidae. [1] [2]

Distribution

It is only known from the Canary Island of Tenerife and from Madeira. [3]

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References

  1. Munari, Lorenzo; Mathis, Wayne N. (2010). "World Catalog of the Family Canacidae (including Tethinidae) (Diptera), with keys to the supraspecific taxa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2471. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2471.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334 . Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. "Fauna Europaea". European Commission. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  3. Mathis, Wayne N. (1992). "World Catalog of the Beach-Fly Family Canacidae (Diptera)". Smithson. Contributions Zool. (Print). 536 (536). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press: 1–18. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.536.