Biology:Kaurimyia
Kaurimyia is a monotypic genus of fly belonging to the family Apsilocephalidae.[1] The sole species found in this genus is Kaurimyia thorpei. Both the genus and species were first described by Shaun L. Winterton and Michael Edward Irwin in 2008.[1] Kaurimyia thorpei is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
The genus and species were both identified by Shaun L. Winterton and Michael Edward Irwin in 2008, based on a holotype collected by Stephen E. Thorpe from Te Piringa / Cascade Kauri in the Waitākere Ranges west of Auckland, New Zealand.[2] Winterton and Irwin named the genus after kauri forests, where the type species K. thorpei was found, and decided to name the species epithet after Thorpe.[2]
Description
The species has a dark coloured body, with frons wider than its ocellar tubercle, something seen in both males and females.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The species is endemic to New Zealand. Only two specimens have been found: one in the Waitākere Ranges of the Auckland Region on the North Island, and the other near Dunedin in the Otago Region of the South Island.[2]
References
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