Austropeza | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Hybotidae |
Subfamily: | Ocydromiinae |
Tribe: | Ocydromiini |
Genus: |
Austropeza Plant, 1989 [2] |
Species: | A. insolita
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Binomial name | |
Austropeza insolita | |
Synonyms | |
Leptopeza insolita Collin, 1928 |
Austropeza is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae. [3] 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 on January 1922. In December 2000, a female of the species was collected from a forest in Hurunui District of South Island. [4]
The species Leptopeza rubrithorax, described from Tasmania, is also included in this genus by some sources. [4]