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.