''Xanthocanace'' is a genus of beach
flies
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in the
family
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Canacidae. All known species are
Oriental
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In English, it is largely a meto ...
,
Palearctic
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Th ...
, or
Afrotropical
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.
Species
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X. capensis''
Wirth, 1956
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X. hamifer''
Munari, 2008
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X. kaplanorum''
Mathis and Freidberg, 1982
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X. magna''
( Hendel, 1914)
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X. nigrifrons''
Malloch, 1924
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X. orientalis''
Hendel, 1913
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X. pollinosa''
Miyagi, 1963
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X. ranula''
( Loew, 1874)
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X. sabroskyi''
Mathis and Freidberg, 1982
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X. seoulensis''
Miyagi, 1963
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X. zeylanica''
Delfinado, 1975
References
Canacidae
Carnoidea genera
Taxa named by Friedrich Georg Hendel
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