Zalea

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Carnoidea

Familia: Canacidae
Subfamilia: Zaleinae
Genus: Zalea
Species (12): Z. clava – Z. dayi – Z. earlyi – Z. horningi – Z. johnsi – Z. lithax – Z. major – Z. mathisi – Z. minor – Z. ohauorae – Z. uda – Z. wisei
Name

Zalea McAlpine, 1985: 82

Original status: Valid genus
Type species: Zale minor McAlpine, 1982
Fixation: Replacement
ZooBank: [1]
New replacement name for Zale McAlpine, 1982: 108
Original status: Valid genus
Type species: Zale minor McAlpine, 1982
Fixation: Original designation (p. 108)
ZooBank: [2]

References

McAlpine, D.K. 1982. A new genus of Australian littoral flies (Diptera: ?Canacidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington (10): 108–117. Reference page.
McAlpine, D.K. 1985. Taxonomic notes on the genus Zale McAlpine (Diptera: Canaceidae). Australian entomological magazine 11(6): 81–82. Reference page.
McAlpine, D.K. 2007. The surge flies (Diptera: Canacidae: Zaleinae) of Australasia and notes on tethinid-canacid morphology and relationships. Records of the Australian Museum 59(1): 27–64. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.59.2007.1468 Reference page.

Zalea is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Australasian.[1]
Species

Z. horningi (Harrison, 1976)
Z. major McAlpine, 1985
Z. minor (McAlpine, 1982)

References

Mathis, Wayne N. (1992). "World Catalog of the Beach-Fly Family Canacidae (Diptera)". Smithson. Contributions Zool. (Print). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. 536: 1–18. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.536.