Quasi (fly)

Quasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Acroceridae
Subfamily:	Philopotinae
Genus:	Quasi; Gillung & Winterton, 2011
Species:	Q. fisheri
Binomial name
	Quasi fisheri; Gillung & Winterton, 2011

Quasi is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It contains only one species, Quasi fisheri, known only from Veracruz, Mexico.^[1]

The generic name is from the Latin word quasi, referring to the likeness of the species to members of , a closely related genus. The species is named in honor of Eric Fisher, the collector of the only known specimen of the species.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gillung, Jéssica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2011). "New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera". ZooKeys (127): 15–27. doi:10.3897/zookeys.127.1824. PMC 3175128. PMID 21998545.

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[Gillung2011-1] Gillung, Jéssica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2011). "New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera". ZooKeys (127): 15–27. doi:10.3897/zookeys.127.1824. PMC 3175128. PMID 21998545.

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