''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
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ...
. 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.
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Species
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N. amurensis''
Mutin, 1993
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N. anassa''
Reemer & Hippa, 2005
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N. bipunctata''
( Matsumura, 1919)
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N. clausseni''
Hauser & Kassebeer, 1998
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N. confusa''
Mutin, 1993
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N. distincta''
Williston, 1887
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N. globosa''
(Walker
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*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1849)
*''
N. guttata''
Skevington & Moran, 2019
*''
N. inexpectata''
Hauser, 1998
*''
N. nana''
Reemer & Hippa, 2005
*''
N. subannexa''
Claussen & Hayat, 1997
*''
N. willistoni''
Thompson
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People
* Thompson (surname)
* Thompson Lantion, Filipino retired police general
* Thompson M. Scoon (1888–1953), New York politician
Places Australia
* Thompson Beach, South Australia, a locality
Bulgaria
* Thom ...
, 1986
Subgenus: ''Neoascia''
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N. annexa''
(Müller
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Companies
* Müller (company), a German multinational dairy company
** Müller Milk & Ingredients, a UK subsidiary of the German company
* Müller (store), a German retail chain
* GMD Müller, a Swiss aerial lift manufacturi ...
, 1776)
*''
N. balearensis''
Kassebeer, 2002
*''
N. longiscutata''
(Shiraki, 1930)
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N. metallica''
( Williston, 1882)
*''
N. monticola''
Stackelberg __NOTOC__
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A
*Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviva ...
, 1960
*''
N. pavlovskii''
Stackelberg __NOTOC__
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A
*Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviva ...
, 1955
*''
N. podagrica''
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*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1775)
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N. sphaerophoria''
Curran, 1925
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N. tenur''
(Harris
Harris may refer to:
Places Canada
* Harris, Ontario
* Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine)
* Harris, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Harris No. 316, Saskatchewan
Scotland
* Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle ...
, 1780)
Subgenus: ''Neoasciella''
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N. carinicauda''
Stackelberg __NOTOC__
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A
*Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviva ...
, 1955
*''
N. geniculata''
(Meigen
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Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...
, 1822)
*''
N. interrupta''
(Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.
Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...
, 1822)
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N. meticulosa''
(Scopoli
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, 1763)
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N. obliqua''
Coe, 1940
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N. subchalybea''
Curran, 1925
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N. tuberculifera''
Violovitsh, 1957
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N. unifasciata''
(Strobl
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, 1898)
References
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of North America
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Africa
Hoverfly genera
Taxa named by Samuel Wendell Williston
Brachyopini
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