Alishanimyia

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]

Alishanimyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Brachycera
Infraorder:
Asilomorpha
Superfamily:
Empidoidea
Family:
Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:
Peloropeodinae
Genus:
Alishanimyia

Bickel, 2007[1]
Species:
A. elmohardyi
Binomial name
Alishanimyia elmohardyi
(Bickel, 2004)[2]
Synonyms
Genus
  • Alishania Bickel, 2004
    (nec Vilbaste, 1969)    [2]
Species
  • Alishania elmohardyi Bickel, 2004[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
  1. Bickel, D. J (2007). "Replacement name for Alishania Bickel 2004 (Diptera Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 1398: 68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1398.1.7.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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