Shamshevia

Shamshevia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Shamshevia
Grichanov, 2012
Type species
Shamshevia hoanibensis
Grichanov, 2012
Synonyms

Arabshamshevia Naglis, 2014

Shamshevia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It has a disjunct distribution, occurring in both the western Old World and the Fiji islands, and lives in varied ecological habitats. The genus is named after the Russian dipterist Igor Shamshev.

Species

Five species are included in the genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2012). "Shamshevia, a new genus of long-legged flies from Namibia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Diaphorinae)". Journal of Natural History. 46 (9–10): 557–563. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.651631.
  2. 1 2 3 Bickel, D.J. (2023). "Shamshevia hannahae, a striking new species and biogeographical anomaly from Fiji (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Diaphorinae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 152: 13–19.
  3. ↑ Grichanov, I.Ya. (2023). "Afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera) Catalog: Second addition with description of a new Syntormon species from Kenya". Amurian Zoological Journal. 15 (2): 308–315. doi:10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-2-308-315.
  4. 1 2 Naglis, S. (2014). "Order Diptera, family Dolichopodidae. Two new genera of the subfamily Diaphorinae." (PDF). In van Harten, A. (ed.). Arthropod Fauna of the United Arab Emirates. pp. 725–731. doi:10.5167/uzh-109651.[dead link]
  5. ↑ Grichanov, I. Ya. (2016). "Genus Arabshamshevia Naglis (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the Palaearctic Region". Israel Journal of Entomology. 46: 93–98. doi:10.5281/zenodo.167571.
  6. ↑ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2012). "Discovery of Shamshevia Grichanov in the Oriental Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3329: 64–68.