MARINE INSECTS OF THE TOKARA ISLANDS -III. A NEW SPECIES OF NOCTICANACE FROM JAPAN (DIPTERA, CANACEIDAE)-

Abstract

The Canaceidae is a small family including about 32 species, but it is widely distributed in the world and almost exclusively intertidal in habitat, excepting two fresh water species: Procanace nigroviridis CRESSON from the Hawaiian Islands and P. opaca DE MEIJERE from Java. Nothing has been hitherto reported concerning Japanese Canaceids. In the present paper, I intend to report as a first record a new species of Nocticanace, which was collected by Mr. S. UENO from a rocky coral reef of the Takara Islands, Ryukyu. This study was undertaken under the direction of Prof. Dr. Masaaki TOKUNAGA, to whom I am very grateful for his kind guidance. I am also indebted to Mr. Shun-ichi UENO for his kind collection which made this study possible.