Canacidae: Beach Flies of Hawai'i IX

The Diptera family Canacidae encompasses fly genera commonly referred to as "beach flies", "surf flies" and "surge flies". Today there are only 113 known species within 12 genera. Their common name is derived from their intertidal habitat. They are found along coastal waters and like to reside on the surface of small salt and fresh water bodies sheltered from the wind. There, they feed on microorganisms, including ciliates, protozoa and unicellular algae. Morphologically they are tiny, grayish-brown or yellow with a pruinose pattern (frosted in appearance). Please help transcribe the UHIM's beach fly collection in order to better help us understand their distribution and impact in Hawai'i.This expedition of 351 tasks is fully transcribed and validated. This data resource is harvested periodically into the main occurrence index.双翅目（Diptera）下的卡诺蝇科（Canacidae）涵盖了通常被称为‘海滩蝇’‘浪蝇’与‘激浪蝇’的蝇类属群。目前该科已知仅包含12个属、113个物种。其俗名源于其潮间带的栖息生境：该类昆虫多分布于近岸水域，偏好栖息于避风的小型咸水与淡水水体表面，并以纤毛虫、原生动物及单细胞藻类等微生物为食。从形态特征来看，该类昆虫体型微小，体色呈灰褐或黄色，体表覆有霜状斑纹（外观类似覆霜）。为更好地明晰这类昆虫在夏威夷的分布状况与生态影响，需对夏威夷大学昆虫博物馆（University of Hawaii Insect Museum，UHIM）所藏的海滩蝇馆藏进行转录整理。本次涉及351项任务的调查工作已完成全部转录与验证流程。该数据资源将定期汇入主物种出现记录索引。