Tethina Explained

Tethina is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae (formally Tethinidae). They are found in all terrestrial biogeographic realms.^[1]

Biology

Like most Tethininae, Tethina species mostly live in salty environments. They are found on coastal marine habitats including the intertidal zones and on wrack heaps, as well as salt marshes, coastal dune vegetation, and on salty soils or bare sand. Some species of Tethina are also found at desert oases.^[1]

Species

• T. acrostichalis Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996^{[1] [2]}
• T. albitarsa Foster and Mathis, 1998^{[1] [3]}
• T. alboguttata (Strobl, 1900)^[1]
• T. albosetulosa (Strobl, 1900)^[1]
• T. albula (Loew, 1869)^[1]
• T. amphitrite Munari and Báez, 2000^{[1] [4]}
• T. angustifrons Melander, 1952^[1]
• T. angustipennis (Melander, 1952)^[1]
• T. callosirostris Munari, 2008^{[1] [5]}
• T. cohiba Foster and Mathis, 1998^{[1] [3]}
• T. czernyi (Hendel, 1934)^{[1] [6]}
• T. dunae Munari, 2007^{[1] [7]}
• T. flavigenis (Hendel, 1934)^{[1] [6]}
• T. flavoidea Beschovski, 1997^{[1] [8]}
• T. gatti Munari and Ebejer, 2001^{[1] [9]}
• T. gobii Beschovski and Nartshuk, 1997^{[1] [10]}
• T. grisea (Fallén, 1823)^[1]
• T. grossipes (Becker, 1908)^{[1] [11]}
• T. guttata Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996^{[1] [2]}
• T. heringi (Hendel, 1934)^{[1] [6]}
• T. hirsuta Munari, 2000^{[1] [12]}
• T. histrica Munari, 2009^{[1] [13]}
• T. horripilans (Melander, 1952)^[1]
• T. illota (Haliday in Curtis, 1937)
• T. incisuralis (Macquart, 1851)^[1]
• T. inopinata Munari and Canzoneri, 1992^{[1] [14]}
• T. insignis Becker, 1907^[1]
• T. insulans Curran, 1932^{[1] [15]}
• T. intermedia Collin, 1966^{[1] [16]}
• T. karatasensis Munari, 1981^{[1] [17]}
• T. lisae Foster and Mathis, 1998^{[1] [3]}
• T. litocola Munari and Ebejer, 2001^{[1] [9]}
• T. longilabella Munari, 2007^{[1] [7]}
• T. longirostris (Loew, 1865)^[1]
• T. lusitanica Munari, Almeida, and Andrade, 2009^{[1] [18]}
• T. luteosetosa Beschovski and Nartshuk, 1997^{[1] [10]}
• T. mariae Munari, 2004^{[1] [19]}
• T. marmorata (Becker, 1908)^{[1] [11]}
• T. melitensis Munari, 2004^{[1] [9]}
• T. merzi Munari, 1999^{[1] [20]}
• T. milichioides Melander, 1913^{[1] [21]}
• T. mima Munari, 1996^{[1] [22]}
• T. minoia Munari, 1999^{[1] [23]}
• T. multipilosa Beschovski and Nartshuk, 1997^{[1] [10]}
• T. munarii Carles-Tolrá, 1993^{[1] [24]}
• T. nigriseta Malloch, 1924^{[1] [25]}
• T. nigrofemorata Beschovski, 1997^{[1] [8]}
• T. omanensis Munari, 2007^{[1] [7]}
• T. orientalis Hendel, 1934^{[1] [6]}
• T. pallidiseta Malloch, 1935^{[1] [26]}
• T. pallipes (Loew, 1865)^[1]
• T. parvula (Loew, 1869)^[1]
• T. pictipennis Munari, 2004^{[1] [2]}
• T. pleuralis Munari, 2010^{[1] [27]}
• T. prognatha Melander, 1952^[1]
• T. robusta Foster and Mathis, 2000^{[1] [28]}
• T. saigusai Sasakawa, 1986^{[1] [29]}
• T. salinicola Beschovski, 1998^{[1] [30]}
• T. sasakawai Foster and Mathis, 2008^{[1] [31]}
• T. shalom Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996^{[1] [2]}
• T. soikai Munari, 1981^{[1] [17]}
• T. spinigera Munari, 2008^{[1] [5]}
• T. spinulosa Cole, 1923^{[1] [32]}
• T. stobaeana Munari, 1996^{[1] [22]}
• T. strobliana (Mercier, 1923)^{[1] [33]}
• T. stukei Munari, 2010^{[1] [27]}
• T. subpunctata Beschovski, 1994^{[1] [34]}
• T. tethys Munari and Báez, 2000^{[1] [4]}
• T. thula Munari, 2004^{[1] [29]}
• T. tschirnhausi Munari, 1999^{[1] [23]}
• T. willistoni Melander, 1913^{[1] [21]}
• T. xanthopoda Williston, 1896^{[1] [35]}
• T. yaromi Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996^{[1] [2]}
• T. yemenensis Munari, 2004^{[1] [7]}

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 . 1175-5334 . 17 August 2014. 10.11646/zootaxa.2471.1.1.
2. Freidberg . A. . Beschovski. V.. 1996. A new species group within Tethina Haliday (Diptera: Tethinidae) with descriptions of six new Mediterranean species.. Israel Journal of Entomology. Entomological Society of Israel. 30. 91–113. 24 August 2014.
3. Foster G.A.. Mathis . W.N.. 1998. A Revision of the Family Tethinidae (Diptera) from the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Bermuda. . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . The Entomological Society of Washington. 100. 4. 601–632. 24 August 2014.
4. Munari. Lorenzo . Báez. M. . 2000. The Tethinidae of Macaronesia: a faunal revision, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera). . Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia. 20. 3–30 .
5. Munari. Lorenzo . 2008 . Order Diptera, family Canacidae. In, A. van Harten, editor. Arthropod Fauna of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi . 1. 671–679.
6. Hendel. Friedrich . 1934 . Revision der Tethiniden (Dipt. Muscid. acal.) . Tijdschrift voor Entomologie . Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging . Amsterdam . 77. 37–54.
7. Munari. Lorenzo . 2007 . Tethinidae from the Arabian Peninsula, with descriptions of four new species (Diptera). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana . Società entomologica italiana . 139. 2 . 101–118.
8. Beschovski. V.L. . 1997 . Contribution to the Study of the Tethinidae Species from the East Mediterranean Region, with Description of Two New Species (Insecta: Diptera: Tethinidae). Reichenbachia. 32. 23. 143–149 .
9. Munari. Lorenzo . Ebejer. M.J. . 2001. Three New Species of Tethina Haliday, 1838 from Malta and Tunisia, with a Revised Key to the alboguttata -Group (Diptera, Tethinidae). . Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia. 51. 131–145 .
10. Beschovski. V.L. . Nartshuk . E.P.. 1997 . The Tethinidae Species in the Collection of the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg (Insecta: Diptera: Tethinidae) . Reichenbachia. 32. 22. 129–141 .
11. Becker . Theodor . 1908. Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln . Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin . Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 4. 1. –180 .
12. Munari. Lorenzo . 2000. Beach Flies from South-Western coast of Australia, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Two New Species (Diptera Tethinidae). . Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 132. 3. 237–248.
13. Munari. Lorenzo . 2009 . A new species of beach fly (Diptera: Canacidae) from the Istrian Peninsula (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali - Lavori. Società Veneziana di Scienze. 34 . 21–24.
14. Munari. Lorenzo . Canzoneri. S.. 1992 . Polimorfismo postaddominale e variabilità chetocromatica in Tethina (Tethina) albosetulosa (Strobl, 1900) con proposta di alcune nuove sinonimie e descrizione di Tethina (Tethina) inopinata sp. nov. (Diptera, Tethinidae) . Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali - Lavori. Società Veneziana di Scienze. 17 . 25–40.
15. Curran. C.H. . 1932. The Norwegian Zoological Expedition to the Galapagos Islands 1925, Conducted by Alf Wollebaek. IV. Diptera. (Excl. of Tipulidae and Culicidae).. Meddelelser Fra Det Zoologiske Museum. Oslo. 30. 347–366.
16. Collin . J.E.. 1966. A Revision of the Palaearctic Species of Tethina and Rhicnoessa. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia. 16. 19–32.
17. Munari. Lorenzo . 1981. Tre nuove Tethina Haliday raccolte dal Prof. A. Giordani Soika in Asia minore e Senegal (Diptera, Tethinidae). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia. 31. 139–144.
18. Munari. Lorenzo . Almeida . J. . Andrade . R. . 2009. A very peculiar new species of Tethina Haliday, 1838 and a new record of Tethina illota (Haliday, 1838) from Portugal (Diptera: Canacidae, Tethininae).. Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali -Lavori. 34 . 123–126 .
19. Munari. Lorenzo . 1997. New Records of Tethinidae (Diptera) with Description of Tethina mariae sp. nov. from Morocco . Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali - Lavori . 22 . 29–34.
20. Munari. Lorenzo . 1999. A New Species of Tethina Haliday, 1837 from Israel (Diptera, Tethinidae) . Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali - Lavori . 24 . 13–18.
21. Melander. Axel Leonard . 1913 . A synopsis of the dipterous groups Agromyzinae, Milichinae, Ochthiphilinae and Geomyzinae. . Journal of the New York Entomological Society. The New York Entomological Society. 21 . 4. 283–300.
22. Munari. Lorenzo . 1996 . Tethinidae (Diptera) in the Museum of Zoology, Lund University . Stobaeana . 6 . 1–11.
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24. Carles-Tolrá. 1993. Two New Species of Psilidae and Tethinidae from Spain (Diptera) . Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova . 124. 3 . 250–253 .
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