Taxonavigation

Family: Ragadidae
Subfamily: Ragadinae
Genus: Hydropeza
Species (12): H. agnetis – H. akatarawa – H. clarae – H. curicoa – H. daviesi – H. longipennae – H. milleri – H. paniculata – H. queenslandensis – H. tutoko – H. vockerothi – H. wardi

[sources: Sinclair & McLellan (2004), Sinclair & Plant (2007)]

Name

• Hydropeza Sinclair, 1999
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Gender: feminine ['Its gender is feminine' - Sinclair (1999: 135)]
  • Type species: Trichopeza longipennae Miller, 1923
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 135, 'Type-species: Hydropeza longipennae (Miller)'] [and monotypy]

References

• Miller, D. 1923: Material for a monograph on the Diptera fauna of New Zealand: part III--family Empididae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 54: 437–464.
• Sinclair, B.J. 1999: Review of the genera Dipsomyia Bezzi, Zanclotus Wilder, and an allied new Gondwanan genus (Diptera: Empidoidea, Ragas-group). Entomological science, 2(1): 131–145.

• Sinclair, B.J. 2018. Correct original spelling of Hydropeza queenslandensis Sinclair (Diptera: Empididae). Zootaxa 4433(2): 386–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.8 Reference page. 
• Sinclair, B.J.; McLellan, I.D. 2004: Revision of the New Zealand species of Hydropeza Sinclair (Diptera: Empidoidea: Ragas-group). Invertebrate systematics, 18: 627–647. DOI: 10.1071/IS04015
• Sinclair, B.J.; Plant, A.R. 2007(2008?): A new species of Hydropeza Sinclair from Chile (Diptera: Empididae). Acta entomológica chilena, 31(2): 7–10.