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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Apsilocephalidae |
| Genus: | Kaurimyia Winterton & Irwin, 2008 |
| Species: | K. thorpei
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| Binomial name | |
| Kaurimyia thorpei Winterton & Irwin, 2008
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Taxonomy
editThe 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
editThe species has a dark coloured body, with frons wider than its ocellar tubercle, something seen in both males and females.[3]
Distribution and habitat
editThe 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
edit- ^ "Neobiosella thorpei Winterton & Irwin, 2008". New Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Kaurimyia Winterton & Irwin, 2008". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d 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.