Canace actites | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Canacidae |
Genus: | Canace |
Species: | C. actites |
Binomial name | |
Canace actites Mathis, 1982 | |
It is only known from the Canary Island of Tenerife and from Madeira. [3]
Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera. As of 2010, 307 species in 27 genera. The family now includes Tethininae as a subfamily.
Zaleinae, is a subfamily of beach flies in the family of Canacidae. There are 16 species in 2 genera.
Canacinae is a subfamily of beach flies in the family of Canacidae.
Canace is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are of Afrotropical or Palaearctic distribution.
Dynomiellini, is a tribe of beach flies in the family of Canacidae.
Canacea is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Nearctic or Neotropical.
Dynomiella is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Afrotropical.
Isocanace is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Australasian or Afrotropical.
Trichocanace is a genus of beach flies, insects in the family Canacidae. All known species are Australasian, Indomalayan, or Afrotropical.
Xanthocanace is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Oriental, Palearctic, or Afrotropical.
Canace nascia is a European species of Canacidae.
Xanthocanace ranula is a European species of Canacidae.
Procanace is a genus of beach flies. All known species are Oriental, Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Neotropical or Australasian.
Canace salonitana, is a European species of Canacidae.
Suffomyia is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Australasian or African.
Apetaenus is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. They are endemic to the subantarctic archipelagos in association with colonies of penguins and other seabirds. Some species have vestigial wings.
Horaismopterinae is a subfamily of beach flies in the family of Canacidae. There are 5 species in 2 genera, all inhabiting oceanic seashores.
Horaismoptera is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Afrotropical or Oriental
Tethinosoma is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. The only known species, T. fulvifrons, is from New Zealand.
Tethininae, formally the family Tethinidae is a paraphyletic group of tiny drab-coloured or grey Acalyptratae flies. There are over 115 species in 7 genera known from all zoogeographic regions. They are inconspicuous flies which are still poorly known in some remote, huge, tropical areas.