Canacidae

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 37

Canacidae ( Fig. 94 )

Canacids comprise 321 species, grouped into six subfamilies and 28 genera ( Munari & Mathis 2021). McAlpine (2007) included Tethinidae as a subfamily within the Canacidae . Fifteen species have been reported from Chile, included in the genera Nocticanace Malloch , Masoniella Vockeroth , Pelomyia Williston , and Tethina Haliday. Munari (2013) recently described a new species from the Coquimbo Region, Pelomyia avittata Munari.

Figures

FIGURES 92–97. Ephydroidea and Carnoidea of Chile: (92) Drosophila hydei Sturtevant (Drosophilidae, photo by Diego Gutiérrez); (93) Neoephydra araucaria Mathis (Ephydridae, photo by Claudio Maureira); (94) cf. Pelomyia crassiseta Foster & Mathis (Canacidae, photo by Patrich Cerpa); (95) Thaumatomyia sp. (Chloropidae, photo by Leonardo Rodríguez); (96) Cryptochaetum (Lestophonus) iceryae (Williston) (Cryptochaetidae, photo by Claudio Maureira), and (97) cf. Milichiella sp. (Milichiidae, photo by Juan Mauricio Contreras).