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.