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Anasimyia

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Anasimyia is a genus of wetland hoverflies with aquatic larvae. The genus was formerly regarded as a subgenus of the similar Lejops, and recently elevated to genus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilySyrphidae
Observations recorded8,797

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
310
With media
336
Family
Syrphidae
Collections
UAM, INHS, UAA, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, EMEC, ZMBN
Recorded in
United States, Norway

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Anasimyia is a genus of wetland hoverflies with aquatic larvae. The genus was formerly regarded as a subgenus of the similar Lejops, and recently elevated to genus.

==Species== Anasimyia anausis (moon-shaped swamp fly) Anasimyia annulipes (Macquart, 1850) Anasimyia bilinearis (Williston, 1887) (two-lined swamp fly) Anasimyia borealis (Cole, 1921) Anasimyia chrysostoma (Wiedemann, 1830) (lump-legged swamp fly) Anasimyia contracta Claussen & Torp, 1980 Anasimyia diffusa Locke, Skevington & Vockeroth, 2019 (smooth-legged swamp fly) Anasimyia distincta (Williston, 1887) (short-spurred swamp fly) Anasimyia femorata Simic, 1987 Anasimyia grisescens (Hull 1943) (long-spurred swamp fly) Anasimyia interpuncta (Harris, 1776) Anasimyia inundata (Violovitsh, 1979) Anasimyia japonica (Shiraki, 1930) Anasimyia lineata (Fabricius, 1787) Anasimyia lunulata (Meigen, 1822) Anasimyia matutina Locke, Skevington & Vockeroth, 2019 (small-spotted swamp fly) Anasimyia perfidiosus (Hunter, 1897) (treacherous swamp fly) Anasimyia smirnovi (Stackelberg, 1924) Anasimyia subtransfugus (Stackelberg, 1963) Anasimyia transfuga (Linnaeus, 1758)

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