Description of a New Genus of Beach Flies (Diptera: Canacidae: Tethininae) with New Records of Tethina Species from Delmarva (Eastern United States)

George A. Foster

doi:10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.769

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George A. Foster¹

¹Research Collaborator, Smithsonian Institution, 10914 Little Sparrow Place, Columbia, Maryland, 21044, USA (e-mail: ; urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:3EF9E44E-E6F1-4371-9208-F541054F1A25)

Abstract

A new genus and species of tethinine flies from Kiptopeke, Virginia was discovered in the unsorted Diptera material in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Delmarvatethina steineri new genus and species is herein described and discussed. New collecting records for three other tethinine flies, Tethina albula (Loew, 1869), T. willistoni (Melander, 1913), and T. parvula (Loew, 1869), from Delmarva are noted and a key to all four species is provided.

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George A. Foster "Description of a New Genus of Beach Flies (Diptera: Canacidae: Tethininae) with New Records of Tethina Species from Delmarva (Eastern United States)," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 124(4), 769-774, (14 July 2023). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.769

Published: 14 July 2023

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