Lasia (fly)

Lasia is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. There are about 16 described species in Lasia.[2][3][4][5][6]

Lasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Acroceridae
Subfamily:	Panopinae
Genus:	Lasia Wiedemann, 1824
Type species
Lasia splendens Wiedemann, 1824
Synonyms[1]
Vertexistemma Bigot, 1856

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Lasia:

• Lasia aenea (Philippi, 1865) ^{c g}
• Lasia corvina Erichson, 1840 ^{c g}
• Lasia cuprea Rondani, 1863
• Lasia ecuadorensis Bequaert, 1931 ^{c g}
• Lasia klettii Osten Sacken, 1875 ⁱ[7]
• Lasia metallica Rondani, 1863 ^{c g}
• Lasia nigripes (Philippi, 1865) ^{c g}
• Lasia nigritarsis (Blanchard, 1852) ^{c g}
• Lasia ocelliger (Wiedemann, 1830) ^{c g}
• Lasia pulla (Philippi, 1865) ^{c g}
• Lasia purpurata Bequaert, 1933 ^{i b}[8] (purple small-headed fly)
• Lasia rostrata Aldrich, 1927 ^{c g}
• Lasia rufa (Philippi, 1865) ^{c g}
• Lasia rufipes Westwood, 1848 ^{c g}[9]
• Lasia rufovestita (Blanchard, 1852) ^{c g}
• Lasia splendens Wiedemann, 1824 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

References

1. Evenhuis, Neal L.; Pont, Adrian C. (2004). "The Diptera Genera of Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot". Zootaxa. 751: 1–94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.751.1.1.
2. "Lasia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
3. "Browse Lasia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
4. "Lasia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
5. "Lasia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
6. González, Christian R.; Elgueta, Mario; Ramirez, Fransisco (2018). "A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile". Zootaxa. 4374 (3): 427–440. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.6. PMID 29689809.
7. Osten-Sacken, C.R. (1875). "Report upon the collection of Diptera made in portions of Colorado and Arizona during the year 1873" (PDF). Wheeler’s Report on Geological and Geographical Exploration and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. 5: 803–807.
8. Bequaert, J. (1933). "Description of a new North American species of Lasia (Diptera, Cyrtidae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (617): 1–2. hdl:2246/3853.
9. Westwood, J. O. (1848). "Descriptions of some new exotic species of Acroceridae (Vesiculosa, Latr.), a family of dipterous insects". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 5 (4): 91–98. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1848.tb02978.x.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.