Thitena

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Thitena

Munari, 2004 [1]
Type species
Thitena cadaverina
Munari, 2004 [1]

Thitena is a genus of beach flies, insects in the family Canacidae (formally Tethinidae). All known species are Australasian in distribution. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Munari, Lorenzo (2004). "Beach Flies (Diptera: Tethinidae: Tethininae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new genera and ten new species" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. Australian Museum, Sydney. 56 (1): 29–56. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1395. ISSN   0067-1975 . Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  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.