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Tethina albula (Loew, 1869)

mosca, fly

Collected on white sand beach.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Canacidae

Genus
Tethina

Species
albula

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Hawaii, Nearctic, Neotropical; Floreana.

References

Foster, G.A. Mathis, W.N. (2008) A review of the Tethininae (Diptera: Canacidae) from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110(3): 743-752.
Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102

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"Galapagos Species Database, Tethina albula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14270. Accessed 6 November 2026.