New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts

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A new species of Nothotrichocera from New Zealand, and a replacement name for the genus Adura (Diptera: Trichoceridae)

Ewa Krzemińska

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Kraków, ul. Sławkowska 17
31-016 Kraków, Poland
krzeminska@isez.pan.krakow.pl

Abstract  Nothotrichocera johnsi, n. sp., is described from the South Island of New Zealand. This is the first record of this genus from the New Zealand mainland. N. johnsi belongs to the antarctica group of species, until now known only from Campbell and Auckland Islands, although there is a related species in Patagonia. The distribution of the 12 species of this genus is an example of the ancient biogeographic links around the Southern Hemisphere. The generic name Adura Malaise 1941, in the subfamily Paracladurinae (Trichoceridae), is preoccupied; the replacement name Asdura is proposed.

Keywords  Nothotrichocera; Adura; Asdura; new species; new combination; replacement name; Trichoceridae; Paracladurinae; New Zealand

Z06010; Received 25 March 2006; accepted 12 May 2006 ; Online publication date 31 July 2006
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2006, Vol. 33: 229–231
0301–4223/06/3303–0229 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2006

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