Biology:Scorpiurus aramoana
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Short description: Species of fly
| Scorpiurus aramoana | |
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| Female Scorpiurus aramoana photographed in situ on mudflats at Aramoana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophorinae |
| Tribe: | Hydrophorini |
| Genus: | Scorpiurus |
| Species: | S. aramoana
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| Binomial name | |
| Scorpiurus aramoana Bickel & Kerr, 2018
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Scorpiurus aramoana is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The species was first discovered in December 2017 on the saltmarsh mudflats of Aramoana near Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, and later found further south in the Catlins.[2]
References
- ↑ Bickel, Daniel J.; Kerr, Douglas Steven (2018). "Scorpiurus aramoana (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new species from New Zealand" (in en). Zootaxa 4422 (1): 78–84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4422.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313512.
- ↑ "New fly found at Aramoana". Otago Daily Times. 11 June 2018. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/new-fly-found-aramoana.
Wikidata ☰ Q56809356 entry
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