Neoascia | |
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Neoascia podagrica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
Tribe: | Brachyopini |
Subtribe: | Spheginina |
Genus: | Neoascia Williston, 1886 [1] |
Type species | |
Syrphus podagricus | |
Subgenera | |
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Synonyms | |
Neoascia is a genus of small black and yellow or mostly black flies with a narrow abdomen near the thorax. They occur mainly in damp places among low herbage. The larva of Neosascia are flattened without oral hooks and a have a short posterior spiracular process or "tail", and are saprophagous. In 1925 Curran reviewed the genus Neoascia . In this work a key is provided and ten species are described including four new species some of which have later been determined to be synonyms. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Subgenus:Neoascia
Subgenus:Neoasciella
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