Plesiotethina

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Plesiotethina
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Plesiotethina

Munari, 2000 [1]
Type species
Plesiotethina australis
Munari, 2000 [1]

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]

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References

  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.
  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. Magnolia Press. 2471: 1–84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2471.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334 . Retrieved 17 August 2014.