Shamshevia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Shamshevia
Grichanov, 2012[1]
Type species
Shamshevia hoanibensis
Synonyms[2][3]

Arabshamshevia Naglis, 2014[4]

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.[2] The genus is named after the Russian dipterist Igor Shamshev.[1]

Species

Five species are included in the genus:[2]

  • Shamshevia ajbanensis (Naglis, 2014)[4] – United Arab Emirates
  • Shamshevia hannahae Bickel, 2023 – Fiji
  • Shamshevia hoanibensis Grichanov, 2012[1] – Namibia
  • Shamshevia negevensis (Grichanov, 2016)[5] – Israel
  • Shamshevia reshchikovi Grichanov, 2012[6] – India: Goa

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.
  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.


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