Ostenia

Ostenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Asilomorpha
Superfamily: Empidoidea
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Ostenia
Hutton, 1901[1]
Species: O. robusta
Binomial name
Ostenia robusta
Hutton, 1901[1]

Ostenia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae from New Zealand.[1] It contains only one species, Ostenia robusta, which is parasitic on Costelytra zealandica (grass grub).

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hutton, F. W. (1901). "Synopsis of the Diptera Brachyera of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 33: 1–95. Retrieved 22 September 2015.


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