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.
Species These 19 species belong to the genus Lasia:
Lasia aenea Rondani, 1863 – Chile Lasia auricoma Westwood, 1848 – 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 – Ecuador Lasia klettii Osten Sacken, 1875 i – 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 (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 – 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 – Mexico (Yucatán)
Synonyms: 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
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