New Zealand Cyrtidae — Paramonov 
(Henops). 
Hutton writes: 
Shining black, with black hairs on the thorax and 
abdomen. The tibiae, except their bases, the tarsi, 
except the last joint of each, and a spot on each side 
of the second and third abdominal segments, tawny. 
Wings hyaline. Length, 5 -6V2 mm.; wing, 4V2r-5 mm. 
Hab. Auckland (Broun); Wellington (Hudson). 
SUMMARY 
To the present time no review of the New 
Zealand Cyrtidae has been published. Al- 
though the cyrtid fauna is very meagre (only 
3 genera [3 subfamilies] with 7 species), it is 
very difficult to identify them, because the 
descriptions lack the completeness required 
by modern systematics. The author has given 
all the necessary additional data to bring our 
knowledge up to date, and also hopes to 
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stimulate the discovery of additional species. 
The comparison of the New Zealand cyrtid 
fauna with that of Australia and America, 
shows that it is much closer to the American 
than to Australian fauna. The cause of the 
absence of some families of Diptera was also 
discussed. 
REFERENCES 
Miller, D. 1950. Catalogue of the Diptera 
of the New Zealand Sub -Region. New Zeal ., 
Dept. Sci. and Indus. Res. Bid. 100: 1-194. 
Osten-Sacken, C. R. von. 1896. A new 
genus of Cyrtidae from New Zealand. Ent. 
Monthly Mag. 32: 16-18. 
Paramonov, S. J. 1953. Review of Australian 
Apioceridae. Austral. Jour. Zool. 1(3): 449- 
536. 
