Lasia (fly) explained

Lasia is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. There are about 19 described species in Lasia, which are distributed in the New World.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Lasia:

• Lasia aenea Rondani, 1863 – Chile
• Lasia auricoma Westwood, 1848^[4] – Brazil
• Lasia colei Aldrich, 1927 – Costa Rica
• Lasia corvina Erichson, 1840

^{c g} – Chile

• Lasia cuprea Rondani, 1863 – Chile
• Lasia ecuadorensis Bequaert, 1931

^{c g[3]} – Ecuador

• Lasia klettii Osten Sacken, 1875

^i[5] – United States (Arizona)

• Lasia metallica Rondani, 1863

^{c g} – Chile

• Lasia nigritarsis (Blanchard, 1852)

^{c g} – Chile

• Lasia ocelliger (Wiedemann, 1830)

^{c g} – Brazil

• Lasia pulla (Philippi, 1865)

^{c g} – Chile

• Lasia purpurata Bequaert, 1933

^{i b[6]} (purple small-headed fly) – United States (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Lasia rostrata Aldrich, 1927

^{c g} – Costa Rica

• Lasia rufa (Philippi, 1865)

^{c g} – Chile

• Lasia rufipes Westwood, 1848

^{c g[4]} – Brazil

• Lasia rufovestita (Blanchard, 1852)

^{c g} – Chile

• Lasia scribae Osten Sacken, 1887 – Guatemala
• Lasia splendens Wiedemann, 1824

^{c g} – Brazil

• Lasia yucatanensis Bequaert, 1931^[3] – Mexico (Yucatán)

Synonyms:^[7]

• Lasia aenea (Philippi, 1865)

^{c g}: synonym of Lasia aenea Rondani, 1863

• Lasia nigripes (Philippi, 1865)

^{c g}: synonym of Lasia cuprea Rondani, 1863

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. González. Christian R.. Elgueta. Mario. Ramirez. Francisco. 2018. A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile. Zootaxa. 4374. 3. 427–440. 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.6. 29689809.
2. Gillung. J.P.. Carvalho. C.J.B., de. 2009. Acroceridae (Diptera): a pictorial key and diagnosis of the Brazilian genera. Zootaxa. 2175. 29–41. 10.11646/zootaxa.2175.1.3.
3. Bequaert. J.. 1931. The genus Lasia (Diptera, Cyrtidae) in North America, with descriptions of two new species. American Museum Novitates. 455. 1–11. 2246/4416. free.
4. 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. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1848.tb02978.x.
5. Osten-Sacken. C.R.. 1875. Report upon the collection of Diptera made in portions of Colorado and Arizona during the year 1873. Wheeler’s Report on Geological and Geographical Exploration and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. 5. 803–807.
6. Bequaert. J.. 1933. Description of a new North American species of Lasia (Diptera, Cyrtidae). American Museum Novitates. 617. 1–2. 2246/3853.
7. Sforzi. Alessandra. Sommaggio. Daniele. 2021. Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani. Zootaxa. 4989. 1. 1–438. 10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1 . 1175-5326.