Austropeza
Genus of flies
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Austropeza is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.[3] 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 in January 1922. In December 2000, a female of the species was collected from a forest in Hurunui District of South Island.[4]
| Austropeza | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Hybotidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocydromiinae |
| Tribe: | Ocydromiini |
| Genus: | Austropeza Plant, 1989[1] |
| Species: | A. insolita |
| Binomial name | |
| Austropeza insolita | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptopeza insolita Collin, 1928 | |
The species Leptopeza rubrithorax, described from Tasmania, is also included in this genus by some sources.[4]
