''Leucopsina'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
small-headed flies endemic to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
. Flies in the genus are colored black and yellow,
mimicking the appearance of a
wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...
. Males and females measure 9.0 mm and 12.0 mm, respectively.
Species
* ''
Leucopsina burnsi''
( Paramonov, 1957)
* ''
Leucopsina odyneroides
''Leucopsina'' is a genus of small-headed flies endemic to Australia. Flies in the genus are colored black and yellow, mimicking the appearance of a wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymen ...
''
Westwood, 1876
References
Acroceridae
Nemestrinoidea genera
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