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Neoascia
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 Neoascia 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.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Smudge-veined Fen Fly
speciesNeoascia podagrica
Black-kneed Fen Fly
speciesNeoascia tenur
Neoasciella
subgenusNeoasciella
Neoascia interrupta
speciesNeoascia interrupta
Neoascia obliqua
speciesNeoascia obliqua
Double-banded Fen Fly
speciesNeoascia metallica
Neoascia unifasciata
speciesNeoascia unifasciata
Neoascia subannexa
speciesNeoascia subannexa
Neoascia annexa
speciesNeoascia annexa
Neoascia dispar
speciesNeoascia dispar
Neoascia inexpecta
speciesNeoascia inexpecta
Neoascia pavlovskii
speciesNeoascia pavlovskii
Neoascia balearensis
speciesNeoascia balearensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 486780.