Indascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Microdontinae
Genus:
Indascia

Keiser, 1958
Type species
Ascia brachystoma
Wiedemann, 1924

Indascia is a genus of hoverflies native to India and Sri Lanka. Indascia is very similar to Paramicrodon.[1]

Species

The four known species are:

  • I. brachystoma (Wiedemann, 1924)
  • I. gigantica Reemer, 2013[2]
  • I. gracilis Keiser, 1958
  • I. spathulata Reemer, 2013[2]

References

  1. ↑ Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3.
  2. 1 2 Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.


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