Opifex (fly)

Opifex
	Opifex fuscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Opifex; Hutton, 1902

Opifex is a genus of mosquito containing the species Opifex chathamicus and O. fuscus.[1]

Opifex fuscus have an unusual mating system. In contrast with most mosquito species, which mate in flight, mating in Opifex occurs on the surface of salt-water pools.[2]

Opifex fuscus males will grab female pupae from under the surface of the water. Females begin reproducing as soon as they come out of their chrysalis.[3]

References

Cheng, L. (2010). Opifex Hutton, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411338 on 2017-03-16
Lambert, David M, and Elisabeth Slooten. “Evolutionary Studies of the New Zealand Coastal Mosquito Opifex Fuscus (Hutton) I. Mating Behaviour.” Behaviour, vol. 84, no. 1-2, 1983, pp. 157–171., doi:10.1163/156853983X00336.
Lambert, David M, and Elisabeth Slooten. “Evolutionary Studies of the New Zealand Coastal Mosquito Opifex Fuscus (Hutton) I. Mating Behaviour.” Beh, vol. 84, no. 1-2, 1983, pp. 157–171., doi.org/10.1163/156853983X00336.

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[1] Cheng, L. (2010). Opifex Hutton, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411338 on 2017-03-16

[2] Lambert, David M, and Elisabeth Slooten. “Evolutionary Studies of the New Zealand Coastal Mosquito Opifex Fuscus (Hutton) I. Mating Behaviour.” Behaviour, vol. 84, no. 1-2, 1983, pp. 157–171., doi:10.1163/156853983X00336.

[3] Lambert, David M, and Elisabeth Slooten. “Evolutionary Studies of the New Zealand Coastal Mosquito Opifex Fuscus (Hutton) I. Mating Behaviour.” Beh, vol. 84, no. 1-2, 1983, pp. 157–171., doi.org/10.1163/156853983X00336.