A new species of Canace Haliday from Portugal, with a revised key to species (Diptera: Canacidae: Canacinae)

Lorenzo Munari; Jorge Mota Almeida

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3873.2.7

A new species of Canace Haliday from Portugal, with a revised key to species (Diptera: Canacidae: Canacinae)

Zootaxa. 2014 Oct 15;3873(2):195-200. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.2.7.

Authors

Lorenzo Munari¹, Jorge Mota Almeida²

Affiliations

¹ c/o Museum of Natural History, S. Croce 1730, I-30135 Venezia, Italy.; Email: [email protected].
² Rua da Póvoa Dao - Casal Jusao, 3500-532 Silgueiros - Viseu, Portugal.; Email: [email protected].

PMID: 25544216
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.2.7

Abstract

A new species of Canace Haliday, in Curtis, 1837 from Portugal is described. This species, related to C. actites Mathis, 1982, is known so far from a single maritime locality near Lisbon. A key to species of the genus is also provided.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Diptera / anatomy & histology
Diptera / classification*
Diptera / growth & development
Ecosystem
Female
Male
Organ Size
Portugal