Afrotethina Explained

Afrotethina is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae (formally Tethinidae). All known species are Afrotropical in distribution .^[1]

Species

• A. aemiliani Munari, 1986^[1]
• A. aurisetulosa (Lamb, 1914)^{[1] [2]}
• A. brevicostata Munari, 1990^{[1] [3]}
• A. femoralis Munari, 1981^{[1] [4]}
• A. kaplanae Munari, 1994^{[1] [5]}
• A. martinezi Munari, 2005^{[1] [6]}
• A. persimilis Munari, 1991^{[1] [7]}
• A. stuckenbergi Munari, 1990^{[1] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Munari. L.. Mathis. W.N.. 2010. World Catalog of the Family Canacidae (including Tethinidae) (Diptera), with keys to the supraspecific taxa. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 2471. 1–84 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2471.1.1. 1175-5334 . 17 August 2014.
2. Lamb . C.G. . 1914 . The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Volume V. Number XV. ─ Diptera: Heteroneuridae, Ortalidae, Trypetidae, Sepsidae, Micropezidae, Drosophilidae, Geomyzidae, Milichidae . Transactions of the Linnean Society, Series 2, Zoology . The Linnean Society, London . 16 . 307–372. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1913.tb00152.x.
3. Munari. Lorenzo . 1990 . Contributo alla conoscenza dei Tethinidae afrotropicali. IV. Tethinidae raccolti ad Aldabra dalla "Aldabra Atoll Royal Society Expedition (1967–68)" e nel Sud Africa da R.E. Turner e B. & P. Stuckenberg, condescrizione di due nuove sp ecie (Diptera, Acalyptratae). Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali - Lavori. Società Veneziana di Scienze. 15. 51–68.
4. Munari. Lorenzo . 1981 . Sul genere Pseudorhicnoessa Malloch, 1914 (Diptera Tethinidae). Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali - Lavori. Società Veneziana di Scienze. 6 . 91–96.
5. Munari. Lorenzo . 1994 . Contribution to the Knowledge of Afrotropical Tethinidae. VII. New Species and Records, with a Check-list of Afrotropical Species (Diptera, Acalyptratae). Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali - Lavori. Società Veneziana di Scienze. 19 . 15–28.
6. Munari. Lorenzo . 2005 . Indo-Pacific beach flies (Diptera: Tethinidae): New species and records from the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Studia dipterologica . 11. 2 . 585–596.
7. Munari. Lorenzo . 1991 . Contribution to the Knowledge of Afrotropical Tethinidae. VI. A New Species of Afrotethina Munari, 1986 from Namibia, with a Key to the Species of the Genus and New Records of Tethinidae (Diptera) from the Afrotropical Region . Annals of the Natal Museum . The Natal Museum. 32 . 179–185.