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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Hexapoda
Order: Diptera
Family: Lauxaniidae
Subfamily: Lauxaniinae
Genus: Sapromyza
Subgenus: Sapromyza
Species: S. neozelandica
Binomial name: Sapromyza neozelandica
Common name: Brown striped litter fly

This a small native red eye fly which lives in shady damp areas of forest and scrub areas.  There are at least 15 species in the genus Sapromyza in New Zealand. Their maggots live among leaf litter and are thought to eat moulds and fungi.

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