Tethina is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae (formally Tethinidae). They are found in all terrestrial biogeographic realms.
Biology
Like most Tethininae, Tethina species mostly live in salty environments. They are found on coastal marine habitats including the intertidal zones and on wrack heaps, as well as salt marshes, coastal dune vegetation, and on salty soils or bare sand. Some species of Tethina are also found at desert oases.
Species
- T. acrostichalis <small>Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996</small>
- T. albitarsa <small>Foster and Mathis, 1998</small>
- T. alboguttata <small>(Strobl, 1900)</small>
- T. albosetulosa <small>(Strobl, 1900)</small>
- T. albula <small>(Loew, 1869)</small>
- T. amphitrite <small>Munari and Báez, 2000</small>
- T. angustifrons <small>Melander, 1952</small>
- T. angustipennis <small>(Melander, 1952)</small>
- T. callosirostris <small>Munari, 2008</small>
- T. cohiba <small>Foster and Mathis, 1998</small>
- T. czernyi <small>(Hendel, 1934)</small>
- T. dunae <small>Munari, 2007</small>
- T. flavigenis <small>(Hendel, 1934)</small>
- T. flavoidea <small>Beschovski, 1997</small>
- T. gatti <small>Munari and Ebejer, 2001</small>
- T. gobii <small>Beschovski and Nartshuk, 1997</small>
- T. grisea <small>(Fallén, 1823)</small>
- T. grossipes <small>(Becker, 1908)</small>
- T. guttata <small>Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996</small>
- T. heringi <small>(Hendel, 1934)</small>
- T. hirsuta <small>Munari, 2000</small>
- T. histrica <small>Munari, 2009</small>
- T. horripilans <small>(Melander, 1952)</small>
- T. illota <small>(Haliday in Curtis, 1937)</small>
- T. incisuralis <small>(Macquart, 1851)</small>
- T. inopinata <small>Munari and Canzoneri, 1992</small>
- T. insignis <small>Becker, 1907</small>
- T. insulans <small>Curran, 1932</small>
- T. intermedia <small>Collin, 1966</small>
- T. karatasensis <small>Munari, 1981</small>
- T. lisae <small>Foster and Mathis, 1998</small>
- T. litocola <small>Munari and Ebejer, 2001</small>
- T. longilabella <small>Munari, 2007</small>
- T. longirostris <small>(Loew, 1865)</small>
- T. lusitanica <small>Munari, Almeida, and Andrade, 2009</small>
- T. luteosetosa <small>Beschovski and Nartshuk, 1997</small>
- T. mariae <small>Munari, 2004</small>
- T. marmorata <small>(Becker, 1908)</small>
- T. melitensis <small>Munari, 2004</small>
- T. merzi <small>Munari, 1999</small>
- T. milichioides <small>Melander, 1913</small>
- T. mima <small>Munari, 1996</small>
- T. minoia <small>Munari, 1999</small>
- T. multipilosa <small>Beschovski and Nartshuk, 1997</small>
- T. munarii <small>Carles-Tolrá, 1993</small>
- T. nigriseta <small>Malloch, 1924</small>
- T. nigrofemorata <small>Beschovski, 1997</small>
- T. omanensis <small>Munari, 2007</small>
- T. orientalis <small>Hendel, 1934</small>
- T. pallidiseta <small>Malloch, 1935</small>
- T. pallipes <small>(Loew, 1865)</small>
- T. parvula <small>(Loew, 1869)</small>
- T. pictipennis <small>Munari, 2004</small>
- T. pleuralis <small>Munari, 2010</small>
- T. prognatha <small>Melander, 1952</small>
- T. robusta <small>Foster and Mathis, 2000</small>
- T. saigusai <small>Sasakawa, 1986</small>
- T. salinicola <small>Beschovski, 1998</small>
- T. sasakawai <small>Foster and Mathis, 2008</small>
- T. shalom <small>Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996</small>
- T. soikai <small>Munari, 1981</small>
- T. spinigera <small>Munari, 2008</small>
- T. spinulosa <small>Cole, 1923</small>
- T. stobaeana <small>Munari, 1996</small>
- T. strobliana <small>(Mercier, 1923)</small>
- T. stukei <small>Munari, 2010</small>
- T. subpunctata <small>Beschovski, 1994</small>
- T. tethys <small>Munari and Báez, 2000</small>
- T. thula <small>Munari, 2004</small>
- T. tschirnhausi <small>Munari, 1999</small>
- T. willistoni <small>Melander, 1913</small>
- T. xanthopoda <small>Williston, 1896</small>
- T. yaromi <small>Freidberg and Beschovski, 1996</small>
- T. yemenensis <small>Munari, 2004</small>
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