Beach Flies (Diptera: Tethinidae: Tethininae) From Australia and Papua New Guinea, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Ten New Species Author Munari, L. text Records of the Australian Museum 2004 56 1 29 56 journal article 2201-4349 Dasyrhicnoessa vockerothi Hardy & Delfinado, 1980 Mathis & Sasakawa, 1989: 667; Mathis & Munari, 1996: 12–13 ; Munari, 2002: 548, 550. Material examined . Australia , New South Wales : Lord Howe I. , North Bay , on beach, 21.ii.1971 , D.K. McAlpine , 1233 3♀♀ ; ibidem , 24.ii.1971 , 833 6♀♀ ; Australia , Northern Territory : Smith Point , Cobourg Pen. , 5.iii.1996 , D.K. McAlpine , 3833 14♀♀ . Australia , Queensland : Lloyd Bay , 3 mi N of Claudie River mouth, on beach, 25.xii.1971 , D.K. McAlpine and G.A. Holloway , 13 . Papua New Guinea , Port Moresby , Ela Beach , 6.x.1963 , D.K. McAlpine , 433; ibidem , 16.x.1963 , D.K. McAlpine , 333 2 (cf.) ♀♀ .[ AM ] Distribution . Afrotropical: Seychelles (Aldabra, Mahé ). Australasian/Oceanian: Australia (NSW, NT, QLD) [ new distribution ], Caroline Islands ( Truk , Palau ), Gilbert Islands , Hawaii (Hawaii, Hilo, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Oahu), Mariana Islands ( Guam , Saipan), Marshall Islands ,? New Caledonia , Papua New Guinea [ new distribution ], Wake Island . Oriental: Japan (Ryukyus), Sri Lanka , Malaysia ( Sarawak ). Remarks . A rather common, Indopacific species characterized by having uniformly yellowish body and male terminalia with anterior surstylus of peculiar and unmistakable shape ( Sasakawa, 1995 , fig. 6).

An updated checklist of the	world species of Dasyrhicnoessa
Hendel, 1934
Dasyrhicnoessa spp	distribution

aquila Munari, 2002 .................... Australasian/Oceanian atripes n.sp. ................................. Australasian/Oceanian bicolor Munari, 2002 .................. Australasian/Oceanian boninensis Sasakawa, 1995 ......... Australasian/Oceanian ciliata n.sp. .................................. Australasian/Oceanian clandestina Munari, 2002 ........... Australasian/Oceanian ferruginea ( Lamb, 1914 ) ............. Afrotropical, South Indian Ocean Islands, Oriental , Australasian/Oceanian fulva ( Hendel, 1913 ) .................... Oriental fulvescens Malloch, 1935 ............ Australasian/Oceanian humilis n.sp. ................................. Australasian/Oceanian insularis ( Aldrich, 1931 ) ............. Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Australasian/ Oceanian longisetosa n.sp. .......................... Australasian/Oceanian mathisi Munari, 2002 .................. South Pacific Islands macalpinei n.sp. ........................... Australasian/Oceanian ostentatrix n.sp. ........................... Australasian/Oceanian pallida n.sp. ................................. Australasian/Oceanian platypes Sasakawa, 1986 a ............ Oriental priapus n.sp. ................................ Australasian/Oceanian serratula Malloch, 1935 b , sp.inq. Australasian/Oceanian sexseriata ( Hendel, 1913 ) ........... Oriental , Australasian/ Oceanian tripunctata Sasakawa, 1974 ........ Oriental , Australasian/ Oceanian vockerothi Hardy&Delfinado, 1980 Afrotropical , Oriental , Australasian/ Oceanian yoshiyasui Sasakawa, 1986 ......... Oriental a platypes needs revision, its generic status being questionable. b serratula of uncertain specific status.