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Canace nasica

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Canace nasica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Canacidae
Genus: Canace
Species:
C. nasica
Binomial name
Canace nasica
(Haliday, 1839)
Synonyms[1]

Canace nascia is a European species of Canacidae.[2]

It is a very small (2 mm. long) fly overall greyish or greyish-brown fly with complete wing venation.The interocular space is matte brown .There are two inner orbital bristles, and an upper orbital bristle curved outwards, over the eyes. Face, cheeks and clypeus are grey. The antennae are black. Short proboscis; palps a little enlarged. Mesonotum dull brown, the pleurae grey. There are four dorsocentral bristles. Black legs; The second tergite of the abdomen is enlarged, blackish. [3] [4] For terms see Morphology of Diptera. It is a sea-shore or salt-marsh species.

Distribution

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Cape Verde Islands, Senegal, England, France, Ireland, Spain, Egypt, Azores, Canary Islands and Madeira Islands.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Munari, L.; Mathis, W.N. (2010). "World Catalog of the Family Canacidae (including Tethinidae) (Diptera), with keys to the supraspecific taxa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2471. Magnolia Press: 1–84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2471.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  3. ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  4. ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  5. ^ Mathis, Wayne N. (1992). "World Catalog of the Beach-Fly Family Canacidae (Diptera)". Smithson. Contributions Zool. (Print). 536 (536). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press: 1–18. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.536.