Beach and Surge Flies (Diptera: Canacidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, with descriptions of three new species

Abstract

Three new species of Canacidae, Nocticanace affinis sp. nov., Xanthocanace hamifer sp. nov., and Suffomyia dancei sp. nov. are described and illustrated from the Arabian Peninsula (United Arab Emirates, Oman). Keys to the species of Arabian Canacinae and the world species of the genus Suffomyia are provided.

A conspectus on the Canacidae (Diptera) of Brazil

“…A few species are found inland, usually in saline or alkaline environments, but occasionally in meadow-like habitats or in freshwater, such as the streams of Hawaii. Worldwide there are 308 species in the family (6 subfamilies, 27 genera) ( Munari and Mathis 2010 ; Munari and Stuke 2011 ), and from Brazil, we now have records of seven species and others are likely to be discovered here. The species of Brazil are in two subfamilies and five genera.…”

World Catalog of the Family Canacidae (including Tethinidae) (Diptera), with keys to the supraspecific taxa

“…Palaearctic: Becker [C, T] (1908a, b, faunas of the Canary and Madeira Islands, respectively); Czerny [T] (1928, Palaearctic fauna); Séguy [C, T] (1934, fauna of France); Frey [C, T] (1936, 1945, 1958a, 1958b Beschovski [T] (1994a, Tunisian fauna;1994b, Bulgarian fauna;1997, eastern Mediterranean fauna;1998, western Palaearctic fauna;, Bulgarian fauna), [C] (2009, Bulgarian fauna); Canzoneri et al [C, T] (1995, Italian fauna); Chandler [T] (1998, checklist of British fauna); Munari [C, T] (1998, key to Palaearctic genera;1999b, fauna of Crete;2002a, Palaearctic checklist;2004b, fauna of Morocco and Cape Verde Islands;2005b, fauna of Sahara;2007a, 2008c, 2010b…”