Genus Ohakunea Edwards, 1927

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ohakunea Edwards, F.W. in Tonnoir, A.L. & Edwards, F.W. 1927. New Zealand fungus gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 747-878 [799].

  Type species:

   Ohakunea bicolor Edwards in Tonnoir & Edwards, 1927 by original designation.

 

Introduction

A re-evaluation of the genus Colonomyia Colless by Hippa & Mathias (2004) retained the genus Ohakunea in Sciaroidea, but did not nominate a family. Ohakunea is retained in family Sciaridae until its taxonomic position is clarified.
The genus is not included in Evenhuis (2011).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, Neotropical Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

General References

Evenhuis, N.L. (originally by Steffan, W.A.) 11 June 2011. Family Sciaridae. In Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/sciaridae.html

Hippa, H. & Jaschhof, M. 2004. A re-evaluation of the genus Colonomyia Colless (Diptera, Sciaroidea), with the description of two new species. Insect Systematics and Evolution 35(3): 335-352

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-Nov-2017	SCIARIDAE	18-Oct-2017	MODIFIED
16-Nov-2011		16-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)