''Zealantha'' is a genus of fly belonging to the family

Anthomyzidae Anthomyzidae is small, slender, yellow to black flies with narrow and elongated wings, which may have distinct markings. Some species have greatly reduced wings. Fewer than 100 species are known, mostly from Europe. Although they occur in all ma ...

. The genus was described by Czech entomologist Jindřich Roháček in 2007.

Taxonomy

''Zealantha'' is potentially a monotypic genus. When Jindřich Roháček described the species in 2007, the only known member was the New Zealand species ''Zealantha thorpei'', which also serves as the type species of the genus. The genus name ''Zealantha'' is a combination of New Zealand and Anthomyzidae. In 2021, Roháček tentatively placed a novel species found in Hokkaido,

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, '' Zealantha fasciolata'', into the genus due to morphological similarities, pending the discovery of males of the species.

Distribution

Members of the genus have been found in New Zealand and

Species

References

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