Sabroskya is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from South Africa and Malawi. It is named after the American entomologist Curtis Williams Sabrosky.[1]
| Sabroskya | |
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| Sabroskya ogcodoides male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtinae |
| Genus: | Sabroskya Schlinger, 1960[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sabroskya ogcodoides Schlinger, 1960
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Species
editThree species are included in the genus:
- Sabroskya ogcodoides Schlinger, 1960[1] – South Africa: Eastern Cape
- Sabroskya palpalis Barraclough, 1984[2] – South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal
- Sabroskya schlingeri Winterton & Gillung, 2012[3] – Malawi: Northern Region
References
edit- ^ a b c Schlinger, E. I. (1960). "A review of the South African Acroceridae (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 14 (3): 459–504.
- ^ Barraclough, D. A. (1984). "Review of some Afrotropical Acroceridae, with descriptions of eight new species from South Africa (Diptera: Brachycera)" (PDF). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 47 (1): 45–66. hdl:10520/AJA00128789_3916.
- ^ Winterton, Shaun L.; Gillung, Jéssica P. (2012). "A new species of spider fly in the genus Sabroskya Schlinger from Malawi, with a key to Acrocerinae world genera (Diptera, Acroceridae)". ZooKeys (171): 1–15. doi:10.3897/zookeys.171.2137. PMC 3288680. PMID 22423193.
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