Dasyrhicnoessa insularis ( Aldrich, 1931 )

Munari, L., 2004, Beach Flies (Diptera: Tethinidae: Tethininae) From Australia and Papua New Guinea, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Ten New Species, Records of the Australian Museum 56 (1), pp. 29-56 : 38

Dasyrhicnoessa insularis ( Aldrich, 1931)

Munari & Evenhuis, 2000: 145–147; Munari, 2002: 546–547, 550.

Material examined. Australia, Queensland: Mackay , mangroves, 19.i.1967, D.K. McAlpine & G.A. Holloway, 13.[ AM]

Distribution. Afrotropical: Cameroon, Madagascar, Nigeria.Australasian/Oceanian: American Samoa (Tutuila), Australia (QLD) [new distribution], Canton Island, Caroline Islands (Ponhpei, Chuuk, Yap, Palau), Fiji Islands (Ovalau, Suva [new distribution, see Appendix], Viti Levu), Hawaii (Hawaii, French Frigate Shoals, Hilo, Maui, Oahu, Pearl and Hermes Reef), Kiribati (Butaritari, Makin, Eita, Tarawa, Abemama), Line Islands (Christmas), Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian), Marquesas (Hivaoa, Nuku Hiva), Marshall Islands (Majuro, Japtan, Parry, Lib, Jibu, Jaluit, Namorik), Palmyra Island, Pitcairn Island, Rapa Island, Society Islands (Bora Bora,?Moorea [see appendix]), Wake Island. Nearctic: Bermuda, USA (Florida). Neotropical: Bahamas (South Bimini), Belize, Brazil (Ceará), Mexico (Tabasco), West Indies ( Cuba, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent).

Remarks. A pantropical species easily distinguished from congeners only by examination of the male terminalia. Females not strictly associated with males in the same biotope are not reliably identifiable.