Ohakunea TONNOIR & EDWARDS, 1927

Jaschhof, Mathias & Jaschhof, Catrin, 2008, The Ohakunea group in Tasmania, with description of Colonomyia tasmanica sp. n. (Diptera: Sciaroidea), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (2), pp. 441-453 : 443

Genus Ohakunea TONNOIR & EDWARDS, 1927

TONNOIR & EDWARDS 1927: 799, FREEMAN 1951: 28, COLLESS 1963: 303, JASCHHOF & HIPPA 2003.

Four named species of the genus Ohakunea occur in the Australasian region (New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand) and one species in the southern Neotropical region. Additionally, we know of a presumably unnamed species, of which only females have been found so far, present in New Caledonia. Intrageneric relationships of Ohakunea were discussed by JASCHHOF & HIPPA (2003).

Previously overlooked, the tarsi of Ohakunea spp. bear setiform sensilla that are randomly distributed and perpendicular to the surface so that they stick out from the tarsal vestiture. They are presumably homologous to the sensilla described for Colonomyia spp. , which however are arranged in-line and occur only on basitarsi ( HIPPA & JASCHHOF 2004). The first antennal flagellomeres of Ohakunea spp. bear subbasally a few socketed setae (e. g. up to 8 in australiensis ), which was not previously reported.