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
Sabroskya ogcodoides male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Species

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Three species are included in the genus:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Schlinger, E. I. (1960). "A review of the South African Acroceridae (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 14 (3): 459–504.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.