Arabshamshevia

Arabshamshevia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the United Arab Emirates and Israel.[1][2] It is very close to the genus Shamshevia, differing mainly in the absence of acrostichal setae on the mesonotum. Because of this similarity, it has been suggested that Arabshamshevia may be regarded as a possible synonym of Shamshevia.[2]

Arabshamshevia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Arabshamshevia
Naglis, 2014[1]
Type species
Arabshamshevia ajbanensis
Naglis, 2014[1]

The genus name is derived from 'Arab', from Arabian Peninsula, and Shamshevia.[1]

Species
  • Arabshamshevia ajbanensis Naglis, 2014[1]
  • Arabshamshevia negevensis Grichanov, 2016[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.


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