Kaurimyia

Kaurimyia
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Apsilocephalidae
Genus:	Kaurimyia Winterton & Irwin, 2008
Species:	K. thorpei
Binomial name
Kaurimyia thorpei Winterton & Irwin, 2008

Kaurimyia is a monotypic genus of fly belonging to the family Apsilocephalidae.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[3]

Description

The species has a dark coloured body, with frons wider than its ocellar tubercle, something seen in both males and females.^[3]

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.^[3]

References

1. "Neobiosella thorpei Winterton & Irwin, 2008". New Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
2. "Kaurimyia Winterton & Irwin, 2008". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
3. Winterton, Shaun L.; Irwin, Michael E. (30 May 2008). "Kaurimyia gen. nov.: discovery of Apsilocephalidae (Diptera: Therevoid clade) in New Zealand". Zootaxa. 1779 (1): 38. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1779.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97483398.