| Abatetia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophorinae |
| Tribe: | Hydrophorini |
| Genus: | Abatetia Miller, 1945[2] |
| Species: | A. robusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Abatetia robusta | |
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Abatetia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1] It contains a single species, Abatetia robusta, and is found in New Zealand. The genus was originally known as Nelsonia, named by Octave Parent in 1933. The genus was then transferred to Cymatopus by Parent in 1937. Separately, David Miller found the name Nelsonia to be preoccupied by Nelsonia (Merriam, 1897), and renamed it to Abatetia in 1945.[2] However, the genus remained a synonym of Cymatopus until 1984, when it was restored as a separate genus by Henk J. G. Meuffels and Patrick Grootaert. Due to Nelsonia being preoccupied, Abatetia became the name of the genus.[3]
- ^ a b c d e Parent, O. (1933). "Étude monographique sur les Diptères Dolichopodides de Nouvelle Zélande". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 53: 325–441.
- ^ a b Miller, D. (1945). "Generic name changes in Diptera". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. B. 14 (5–6): 72. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1945.tb00021.x.
- ^ Meuffels, H.J.G.; Grootaert, Patrick (1984). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea I: The genus Cymatopus Kertész with a discussion on Abatetia Miller and Cemocarus gen. nov" (PDF). Indo-Malayan Zoology. 1: 141–158. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2018-01-13.