Plesiotethina

Plesiotethina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Canacidae
Subfamily:	Tethininae
Genus:	Plesiotethina ; Munari, 2000
Type species
	Plesiotethina australis ; Munari, 2000

Last updated December 16, 2025

Plesiotethina is a genus of beach flies, insects in the family Canacidae (formally Tethinidae). The only known species, Plesiotethina australis , has been described from Australia .^[2]

Species

P. australis Munari, 2000^[2]^[1]

References

1 2 3 Munari, Lorenzo (2000). "Beach Flies from South-Western coast of Australia, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Two New Species (Diptera Tethinidae)". Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 132 (3): 237–248.
1 2 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.

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[Munari2000-1] 1 2 3 Munari, Lorenzo (2000). "Beach Flies from South-Western coast of Australia, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Two New Species (Diptera Tethinidae)". Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 132 (3): 237–248.

[MunariMathis2010-2] 1 2 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.

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