Tetrachaetus

Tetrachaetus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, found in New Zealand. The genus was originally named by Octave Parent in 1933. However, as the genus was not designated a type species, this name was unavailable until 1989, when Daniel J. Bickel and C. E. Dyte designated Tetrachaetus bipunctatus as the type species.^[1]

Tetrachaetus
Tetrachaetus bipunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sympycninae
Genus:	Tetrachaetus Bickel & Dyte, 1989[1]
Type species
Tetrachaetus bipunctatus Parent, 1933[2]
Synonyms
Tetrachaetus Parent, 1933 (unavailable)[2]

Species

• Tetrachaetus bipunctatus Parent, 1933^[2]
• Tetrachaetus simplex Parent, 1933^[2]