Lasia (fly)

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