Selman Parker, 1929

Selman Parker, 1929:20 . Type species: Selman angustus Parker, 1929 (= Monedula notata Taschenberg, 1870), by original designation.

The monotypic genus Selman was proposed by Parker (1929), having as type species Selman angustus, a species newly described by him based on two females from Mato Grosso, Brazil. Parker (1929) considered his new genus related to Stictia, a position also sustained by Willink (1947). Bohart & Menke (1976) placed Selman in a group containing Rubrica, Editha and Stictia, with Selman placed as a sister to Editha plus Stictia . Based on a preliminary analysis of the relationships within this group, we believe that Selman is more closely related to Editha (Rosa & Melo, unpubl. data).