Scorpiurus (fly)

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Scorpiurus
Female Scorpiurus aramoana photographed in situ on mudflats at Aramoana, New Zealand.jpg
Female Scorpiurus aramoana photographed in situ on mudflats at Aramoana
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Masunaga, Kazuhiro (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. 1 2 Bickel, Daniel J.; 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.