Apsona
Genus of flies
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Apsona is a genus of small-headed flies. It contains only one species, Apsona muscaria, which is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It is very similar to the North American species Eulonchus smaragdinus.[3]
| Apsona | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Panopinae |
| Genus: | Apsona Westwood, 1876[1] |
| Species: | A. muscaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Apsona muscaria | |
A second species, Apsona caerulea, was described from Brazil by Enrico Brunetti in 1926, but its true placement is not clear.[3] In a 1957 PhD thesis by Evert I. Schlinger, Apsona caerulea was transferred to the genus Lasia.[4] Because the dissertation is considered to be unpublished according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, this nomenclatural act is not valid.
