The Canacidae of the Arabian Peninsula (Diptera: Brachycera: Carnoidea) Author Munari, Lorenzo text Zootaxa 2016 4092 4 489 517 journal article 51564 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.4.2 eb2da56d-dd6b-4acb-a9fe-8d1addb01cb9 1175-5326 264498 E6C06D83-2B9C-44DE-A085-490E3240258A Tethina strobliana (Mercier, 1923) Rhicnoessa strobliana Mercier, 1923: 18 [“ Espagne (Algeciras, Alicante), France (côte du Calvados; mare saumâtre à Bénouville, dune de Courseulles, juin-juillet)”; ST (sex?), MNHN]. Distribution. Afrotropical : Oman . Palaearctic : Azores, Belgium , Bulgaria , Czech Republic , Denmark , England , France , Germany , Greece (Crete), Hungary , Israel , Italy (including Sardinia), Kazakhstan , Lebanon , Malta , Poland , Portugal (Madeira), Russia (Sea of Azov), Slovakia , Spain (including Balearic Islands), Syria , Tadjikistan , Tunisia , Turkmenistan , Ukraine , Uzbekistan . Remarks. A common, halophilous species closely allied to T. soikai . The diagnostic characters given in the above key will allow identifying this species correctly. The primary type of Tethina strobliana needs examination in order to fix precisely the concept of this taxon. Indeed, a large range of variation occurs at the genitalic level (Munari, 2006). This is a primarily Palaearctic species, reaching to the south the Arabian Peninsula ( Oman ). Additional findings of T. strobliana from the Arabian countries will help to confirm the establishment of this species in that vast area, especially in the transition zone between the Afrotropical Region and the West Palaearctic territories.