Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Diptera > Suborder Brachycera > Infraorder Muscomorpha > Section Schizophora > Subsection Acalyptrata > Superfamily Carnoidea

Canacidae Jones, 1906

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Canacinae
Pelomyiella Hendel, 1934
Tethina Haliday, 1838

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ニセミギワバエ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: canacider sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: canacidar

Literature

original description	Jones, B.J. (1906). Catalogue of the Ephydridae, with bibliography and description of new species. University of California Publications in Entomology (University of California, Los Angeles). 1 (2): 153–198.
basis of record	Grootaert, P.; De Bruyn, L.; De Meyer, M. (1991). Catalogue of the Diptera of Belgium. Studiedocumenten van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. 70: 338pp.
additional source	Munari, L. (2016). The Canacidae of the Arabian Peninsula (Diptera: Brachycera: Carnoidea). Zootaxa. 4092(4): 489-517.