New stiletto flies from New Caledonia (Therevidae, Agapophytinae)

By

Irwin, Michael E
Winterton, Shaun L. (Shaun Leslie)
Metz, Mark

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

984

Pages

83--132

Subjects

Asiloidea , Australasia , Diptera , Oceania

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.984.53587

 

Abstract

Stiletto-flies (Diptera: Therevidae) are highly diverse and species-rich in Australia and New Zealand, yet relatively few species have been recorded from neighbouring Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and throughout the remainder of Oceania. Indeed, in New Caledonia only a single species of the widely distributed Australasian genus Anabarhynchus Macquart (Therevinae) is previously known. Herein we describe two new agapophytine genera (i.e., Jeanchazeauiagen. nov., Calophytusgen. nov.), together comprising nine charismatic new species; this represents a first record of the subfamily from New Caledonia. The new genera and species are described and figured.