Alishanimyia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[1][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.[1]
| 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[2] |
| Species: | A. elmohardyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alishanimyia elmohardyi (Bickel, 2004)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.[1]