Naufraga hexachaeta is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the only member of the genus Naufraga, and is found only in the South Island of New Zealand.[2][3]
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| Naufraga hexachaeta found near Lake Tekapo, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Sciapodinae |
| Tribe: | Sciapodini |
| Genus: | Naufraga Bickel, 1992[1] |
| Species: | N. hexachaeta
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| Binomial name | |
| Naufraga hexachaeta (Parent, 1933)
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Condylostylus hexachaetus Parent, 1933 | |
The genus name Naufraga is derived from the Latin word naufragus, meaning 'shipwrecked', in reference to the isolated position of the genus within the subfamily Sciapodinae. (Bickel states that its isolated position is 'as if it were shipwrecked on the shores of New Zealand'.)[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Bickel, D. J. (1991). "Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 23 (published 13 Jan 1992): 1–74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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