Dasyrhicnoessa sexseriata ( Hendel, 1913 )

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 : 45

Dasyrhicnoessa sexseriata ( Hendel, 1913)

Mathis & Sasakawa, 1989: 668; Mathis & Munari, 1996: 12; Munari, 2002: 548, 550.

Material examined. Australia, Queensland: Bowen , on beach, 28.xii.1966, D.K. McAlpine & G.A. Holloway, 13 1♀; Mackay, mangroves, 19.i.1967, D.K. McAlpine & G.A. Holloway, 333 1♀ . Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, mangroves, 25.x.1963, D.K. McAlpine, 13 .

Distribution. Australasian/Oceanian: Australia (QLD) [new distribution], Caroline Islands (Yap, Palau, Pohnpei, Ponape), Fiji Islands (Ovalau, Viti Levu), Mariana Islands ( Guam, Saipan), Marshall Islands (Namorik), Papua New Guinea [new distribution], Wake Island. Oriental: China ( Hong Kong), Philippines, Taiwan.

Remarks. This species is easily distinguished from most congeners by the distinctive male terminalia.