| Alishanimyia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Peloropeodinae |
| Genus: | Alishanimyia Bickel, 2007[1] |
| Species: | A. elmohardyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alishanimyia elmohardyi (Bickel, 2004)[2] | |
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Alishanimyia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[2][3] It contains only one species, Alishanimyia elmohardyi, and is known only from montane forests at 2400 m in Taiwan. Alishanimyia is probably descended from Chrysotimus, which would make the latter genus paraphyletic.[2]
The genus was originally named Alishania by Daniel J. Bickel in 2004, named after Alishan, a locality in Taiwan where all specimens of the species were collected; however, this name was preoccupied by Alishania Vilbaste, 1969, so it was renamed to Alishanimyia by Bickel in 2007.
The specific name, elmohardyi, was named in memory of D. Elmo Hardy.[2]
References
- ↑ Bickel, D. J (2007). "Replacement name for Alishania Bickel 2004 (Diptera Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 1398: 68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1398.1.7.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bickel, D. J. (2004). "Alishania, a new genus with remarkable female terminalia from Taiwan, with notes on Chrysotimus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Bulletins in Entomology. Honolulu: Bishop Museum. 12: 27–34. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
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