Austropeza

Austropeza
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Ocydromiinae
Tribe: Ocydromiini
Genus: Austropeza
Plant, 1989
Species:
A. insolita
Binomial name
Austropeza insolita
(Collin, 1928)
Synonyms

Leptopeza insolita Collin, 1928

Austropeza is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae. It includes at least one species described from New Zealand, Austropeza isolita, which was originally described by James Edward Collin in 1928 as a species of Leptopeza. The species was originally known only from a single male collected from Waitati in South Island in January 1922. In December 2000, a female of the species was collected from a forest in Hurunui District of South Island.

The species Leptopeza rubrithorax, described from Tasmania, is also included in this genus by some sources.

References

  1. ↑ Plant, A.R. (1989). "A revision of the Ocydromiinae (Diptera: Empidiodea: Hybotidae) of New Zealand with descriptions of new genera and species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 16 (2): 231–241. doi:10.1080/03014223.1989.10422573.
  2. ↑ Collin, James Edward (1928). New Zealand Empididae based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. viii + 110.
  3. ↑ Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1180. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. 1 2 Plant, A. R.; Didham, R. K. (2005). "The female of Austropeza Plant, 1989 (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae; Ocydromiinae)". New Zealand Entomologist. 28 (1): 85–87. Bibcode:2005NZEnt..28...85P. doi:10.1080/00779962.2005.9722690.