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Dasyrhicnoessa insularis

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Description

Dasyrhicnoessa insularis (Aldrich, 1931)

Munari & Evenhuis, 2000: 145–147; Munari, 2002: 546–547, 550.

Material examined. Australia, Queensland: Mackay, mangroves, 19.i.1967, D.K. McAlpine & G.A. Holloway, 13.[AM]

Distribution. Afrotropical: Cameroon, Madagascar, Nigeria.Australasian/Oceanian: American Samoa (Tutuila), Australia (QLD) [new distribution], Canton Island, Caroline Islands (Ponhpei, Chuuk, Yap, Palau), Fiji Islands (Ovalau, Suva [new distribution, see Appendix], Viti Levu), Hawaii (Hawaii, French Frigate Shoals, Hilo, Maui, Oahu, Pearl and Hermes Reef), Kiribati (Butaritari, Makin, Eita, Tarawa, Abemama), Line Islands (Christmas), Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian), Marquesas (Hivaoa, Nuku Hiva), Marshall Islands (Majuro, Japtan, Parry, Lib, Jibu, Jaluit, Namorik), Palmyra Island, Pitcairn Island, Rapa Island, Society Islands (Bora Bora,?Moorea [see appendix]), Wake Island. Nearctic: Bermuda, USA (Florida). Neotropical: Bahamas (South Bimini), Belize, Brazil (Ceará), Mexico (Tabasco), West Indies (Cuba, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent).

Remarks. A pantropical species easily distinguished from congeners only by examination of the male terminalia. Females not strictly associated with males in the same biotope are not reliably identifiable.

Notes

Published as part of Munari, L., 2004, Beach Flies (Diptera: Tethinidae: Tethininae) From Australia and Papua New Guinea, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Ten New Species, pp. 29-56 in Records of the Australian Museum 56 (1) on page 38

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AM
Event date
1967-01-19
Verbatim event date
1967-01-19
Scientific name authorship
Aldrich
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Canacidae
Genus
Dasyrhicnoessa
Species
insularis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dasyrhicnoessa insularis (Aldrich, 1931) sec. Munari, 2004

References

  • Aldrich, J. M., 1931. New Acalyptrate Diptera from the Pacific and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 7 (3): 395 - 399.