Canacea

Canacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Canacidae
Subfamily:	Canacinae
Tribe:	Dynomiellini
Genus:	Canacea; Cresson, 1924
Type species
	Canacea macateei ; Malloch, 1924

Last updated August 13, 2025

Canacea is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Nearctic or Neotropical.^[3]^[4]

Species

C. macateei Malloch, 1924^[4]^[2]
C. currani (Wirth, 1970)^[4]^[5]
C. aldrichi (Cresson, 1936)^[4]^[6]
C. snodgrassii (Coquillett, 1901)^[4]^[7]

References

↑ Cresson, E.T. Jr. (1924). "Descriptions of New Genera and Species of the Dipterous Family Ephydridae, Paper VI". Entomological News. 35 (5): 159–164.
1 2 Malloch, John Russel (1924). "A new species of Canacea from the United States (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 26 (3). The Entomological Society of Washington: 52–53.
↑ 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.
1 2 3 4 5 Munari, L.; Mathis, W.N. (2010). "World Catalog of the Family Canacidae (including Tethinidae) (Diptera), with keys to the supraspecific taxa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2471. Magnolia Press: 1–84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2471.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334 . Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ Wirth, W.W. (1970). "The American beach flies of the Canace snodgrassii group". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 72 (3). The Entomological Society of Washington: 397–403.
↑ Cresson, E.T. Jr. (1924). "Descriptions and Notes on Genera and Species of the Dipterous Family Ephydridae, II". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 62. The American Entomological Society: 257–270.
↑ Cresson, D.W. Jr. (1901). "Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galápagos Expedition, 1898–1899, II; Entomological Results (2): Diptera". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 3: 371–379.

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[Cresson-1] Cresson, E.T. Jr. (1924). "Descriptions of New Genera and Species of the Dipterous Family Ephydridae, Paper VI". Entomological News. 35 (5): 159–164.

[Malloch1924a-2] 1 2 Malloch, John Russel (1924). "A new species of Canacea from the United States (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 26 (3). The Entomological Society of Washington: 52–53.

[Mathis92-3] 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.

[MunariMathis2010-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Munari, L.; Mathis, W.N. (2010). "World Catalog of the Family Canacidae (including Tethinidae) (Diptera), with keys to the supraspecific taxa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2471. Magnolia Press: 1–84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2471.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334 . Retrieved 17 August 2014.

[Wirth1970-5] Wirth, W.W. (1970). "The American beach flies of the Canace snodgrassii group". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 72 (3). The Entomological Society of Washington: 397–403.

[Cresson36-6] Cresson, E.T. Jr. (1924). "Descriptions and Notes on Genera and Species of the Dipterous Family Ephydridae, II". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 62. The American Entomological Society: 257–270.

[Coquillett01-7] Cresson, D.W. Jr. (1901). "Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galápagos Expedition, 1898–1899, II; Entomological Results (2): Diptera". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 3: 371–379.

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