Biology:Shamshevia

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Short description: Genus of Dolichopodid flies from Namibia and India

Shamshevia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Shamshevia
Grichanov, 2012[1]
Type species
Shamshevia hoanibensis
Grichanov, 2012[1]
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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bickel, D.J. (2023). "Shamshevia hannahae, a striking new species and biogeographical anomaly from Fiji (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Diaphorinae)". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 152: 13–19. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op152p13-19.pdf. 
  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. https://azjournal.ru/index.php/azjournal/article/view/841/682. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Naglis, S. (2014). "Order Diptera, family Dolichopodidae. Two new genera of the subfamily Diaphorinae.". in van Harten, A.. Arthropod Fauna of the United Arab Emirates. pp. 725–731. doi:10.5167/uzh-109651. http://www.zora.uzh.ch/109651/1/Naglis%202014%20-%20Two%20new%20genera%20of%20the%20subfamily%20Diaphorinae.pdf. 
  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)". Zootaxa 3329: 64–68. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03329p068f.pdf. 

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