Caenacantha Explained

Caenacantha is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.^[1]

Species

• Caenacantha bipartita Wulp, 1885^[2]
• Caenacantha liburna (Walker, 1849)^[3]
• Caenacantha obesa (Walker, 1860)^[4]
• Caenacantha pulchripennis (Brauer, 1882)^[5]
• Caenacantha soror (Lindner, 1964)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Woodley . N.E. . A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera) . Myia . 2001 . 11 . 1-462. 7 December 2022.
2. Wulp . F.M. van der . On exotic Diptera. Part 2 . Notes from the Leyden Museum . 1885 . 7 . 57-64–65-86 . 22 November 2022.
3. Book: Walker. F.. List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. 1849. British Museum (Natural History). London. 485–687.
4. Walker . F. . Characters of undescribed Diptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. &c. [part]. ]. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . New Series . 1860 . 5 . 268-296 . 30 August 2022.
5. Brauer . F. . Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. II. . Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien . 1882 . 44 . 1 . 59-110, pls.1-2 . 19 December 2022.
6. Lindner . E. . Beitrag zur Kenntnis der neotropischen Pachygasterinae (Stratiomyiidae, Dipt.) . Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde . 1964 . 129 . 1-22 . 31 December 2022.