Tethina
Sign in to saveTethina is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae (formally Tethinidae). They are found in all terrestrial biogeographic realms.
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It sits within the topics Canacidae, Carnoidea genera and Taxa named by Alexander Henry Haliday.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyCanacidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 69
- Family
- Canacidae
- Collections
- INDRE-SSA, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, CU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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- taxon name
- Tethina
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Tethina
- Commons category
- Tethina
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Biology
- Species
- References
Tethina is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae (formally Tethinidae). They are found in all terrestrial biogeographic realms.
==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.
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