Dasyrhicnoessa tripunctata Sasakawa, 1974

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 tripunctata Sasakawa, 1974

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

Material examined. Australia, Queensland: Gladstone , mangroves, 19.xii.1961, D.K. McAlpine, 1♀ . Papua New Guinea, Oro Bay, Northern Dist. , 9.xii.1972, G.A. Holloway, 2♀♀ ; Port Moresby, mangroves, 25.x.1963, D.K. McAlpine, 13 1♀ .

Distribution. Australasian/Oceanian: Australia (QLD) [new distribution], Caroline Islands (Kosrae, Palau, Pohnpei), Mariana Islands ( Guam), Papua New Guinea [new distribution]. Oriental: Japan (Ryukyus), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Philippines (Culion, Palawan).

Remarks. With its characteristically patterned abdomen (see key), Dasyrhicnoessa tripunctata is the most easily distinguishable species among all congeners.