Canacidae (Beach, Surf or Surge Flies)

There are four canacid species listed for Tasmania – Dynomiella australica, Isocanace albiceps, Xanthocanace nigrofrons and Tethina pallidiseta.

Subfamily Canacinae
Genus Xanthocanace
  IMG 7571 IMG 7572

References
Malloch, J. R. 1924. Notes on Australian Diptera. No. III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 329-338.

Mathis, W. N. 1982. Studies of Canacidae (Diptera), I: Suprageneric revision of the family, with revisions of new tribe Dynomiellini and new genus Isocanace. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 347: 1–29.

Mathis, W. N. 1996. Australian beach flies (Diptera: Canacidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102: 326-348.

Mathis, W. N. 2016. Family Canacidae. In: Evenhuis, NL (ed.), Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. (online version). Available at: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/canacidae.html Last accessed: 22 April 2021