Austropeza Explained

Austropeza is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.[1] 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.

The species Leptopeza rubrithorax, described from Tasmania, is also included in this genus by some sources.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Sinclair . Bradley J. . Cumming . Jeffrey M. . Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea . Zootaxa . 2006 . 1180 . 1–172 . 24 April 2023 . Magnolia Press . Auckland, New Zealand . 10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1 .
  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. 10.1080/00779962.2005.9722690. 2005NZEnt..28...85P .