Ulurumyia

Ulurumyia macalpinei is a species of fly in the superfamily Oestroidea endemic to Australia.

It breeds in dung and is said to be clearly distinct from other oestroid families but its exact position within the superfamily has not been determined with certainty.

[1] The genus name Ulurumyia is derived from the Australian monolith Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) and from myia, the Greek word for fly; the species name macalpinei commemorates the Australian dipterist David K. McAlpine, the first person to collect specimens of this fly and realize their evolutionary distinctiveness.

[1] It has been suggested that the species is sister of the New Zealand bat fly, which is placed in the family Mystacinobiidae.

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