Scorpiurus
Female Scorpiurus aramoana photographed in situ on mudflats at Aramoana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Species

References

  1. Masunaga, K. 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. and 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
  3. Masunaga, Kazuhiro (2017). "Saltmarsh flies of the genus Scorpiurus Parent from New Zealand (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 4324 (3): 581–591.
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