Canacidae

uperregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Carnoidea

Familia: Canacidae
Subfamiliae (6): Apetaeninae - Canacinae - Horaismopterinae - Pelomyiinae - Tethininae - Zaleinae

Overview of genera (27)

Afrotethina – Apetaenus – Canace – Canacea – Canaceoides – Chaetocanace – Dasyrhicnoessa – Dynomiella – Horaismoptera – Isocanace – Listriomastix – Masoniella – Neopelomyia – Nocticanace – Paracanace – Pelomyia – Pelomyiella – Plesiotethina – Procanace – Pseudorhicnoessa – Sigaloethina – Suffomyia – Tethina – Tethinosoma – Thitena – Xanthocanace – Zalea

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]
Name

Canacidae

Synonyms

Tethinidae

References

Mathis, W.N.; Marinoni, L. 2012: A conspectus on the Canacidae (Diptera) of Brazil. ZooKeys 162: 59-92. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.162.2370 Open access.
McAlpine, D.K. 2007: The surge flies (Diptera: Canacidae: Zaleinae) of Australasia and notes on tethinid-canacid morphology and relationships. Records of the Australian Museum, 59: 27–64. ISSN: 0067-1975
Munari, L. 2010: Order Diptera, family Canacidae (part 2). Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 3: 647–660. [not seen]
Munari, L. 2016. The Canacidae of the Arabian Peninsula (Diptera: Brachycera: Carnoidea). Zootaxa 4092(4): 489–517. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.4.2.Reference page.
Munari, L.; Mathis, W.N. 2010: World catalog of the family Canacidae (including Tethinidae) (Diptera), with keys to the supraspecific taxa. Zootaxa, 2471: 1–84. Preview PDF

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