Biology:Scorpiurus (fly)

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Short description: Genus of flies

Scorpiurus
Female Scorpiurus aramoana photographed in situ on mudflats at Aramoana, New Zealand.jpg
Female Scorpiurus aramoana photographed in situ on mudflats at Aramoana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Hydrophorini
Genus: Scorpiurus
Parent, 1933
Type species
Scorpiurus aenescens
Parent, 1933

Scorpiurus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to New Zealand.[1] Members of the genus are found in marine littoral habitats.[2]

Species

  • Scorpiurus aenescens Parent, 1933 – North Island (Auckland), northern South Island (Marlborough Sounds, Nelson)
  • Scorpiurus aramoana Bickel & Kerr, 2018[2] – South Island (Aramoana, The Catlins)
  • Scorpiurus thorpei Masunaga, 2017[3] – North Island (Auckland), northern South Island (Marlborough Sounds, Nelson)

References

  1. Masunaga, K. 2017: Saltmarsh flies of the genus Scorpiurus Parent from New Zealand (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa, 4324(3): 581-591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.11
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bickel, Daniel J. and Kerr, D. Steven (2018) Scorpiurus aramoana (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new species from New Zealand. Zootaxa, 4422 (1): 78-84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4422.1.4
  3. Masunaga, Kazuhiro (2017). "Saltmarsh flies of the genus Scorpiurus Parent from New Zealand (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa 4324 (3): 581–591. 

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