Lasia purpurata

Lasia purpurata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae

Lasia purpurata, the purple small-headed fly, is a species of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It was first described by Joseph Charles Bequaert in 1933, from a single specimen collected from Oklahoma. It is now known to occur in Arkansas and Texas as well.

Distribution

Lasia purpurata — (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jay Pruett · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 6

Sources and credits

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