''Tetrachaetus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, found in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. The genus was originally named by

Octave Parent Abbé Octave Parent (15 June 1882, in Trescault – 9 February 1942, in Ambleteuse) was a French entomologist who specialized in Diptera, mostly the family Dolichopodidae. He became director of the Biological Station, Ambleteuse. He published thre ...

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.

Species

* '' Tetrachaetus bipunctatus'' Parent, 1933 * '' Tetrachaetus simplex'' Parent, 1933

References

Sympycninae Dolichopodidae genera Diptera of New Zealand Endemic insects of New Zealand {{Dolichopodidae-stub