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 tripunctata
Sasakawa, 1974
Mathis & Munari, 1996: 12
; Munari, 2002: 548, 550.
Material examined
.
Australia
,
Queensland
:
Gladstone
, mangroves,
19.xii.1961
,
D.K. McAlpine
,
1♀
.
Papua New Guinea
,
Oro
Bay
,
Northern Dist.
,
9.xii.1972
,
G.A. Holloway
,
2♀♀
;
Port Moresby
, mangroves,
25.x.1963
,
D.K. McAlpine
, 13
1♀
.
Distribution
. Australasian/Oceanian:
Australia
(QLD) [
new distribution
],
Caroline Islands
(
Kosrae
,
Palau
, Pohnpei),
Mariana Islands
(
Guam
),
Papua New Guinea
[
new distribution
]. Oriental:
Japan
(Ryukyus),
Malaysia
(
Sabah
,
Sarawak
),
Philippines
(Culion,
Palawan
).
Remarks
. With its characteristically patterned abdomen (see key),
Dasyrhicnoessa tripunctata
is the most easily distinguishable species among all congeners.