Genus Neolasia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers

Small-Headed Flies Mating: Acroceridae - Neolasia purpurata - male - female

Small-Headed Fly: Acroceridae - Neolasia purpurata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Superfamily Nemestrinoidea

Family Acroceridae (Small-headed Flies)

Genus Neolasia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

The 3 species were removed from Lasia by Schlinger in 2006 and put into this newly erected genus.

Numbers

3 species; N. kletti from Arizona and New Mexico, N. purpurata from southern U.S., and N. colei from Costa Rica

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 6 July, 2006 - 4:38pm
Additional contributions by Keith Bayless
Last updated 20 October, 2007 - 2:14pm

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