''Leucopsina'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of small-headed flies endemic to

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. Flies in the genus are colored black and yellow, mimicking the appearance of a

wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...

. Males and females measure 9.0 mm and 12.0 mm, respectively.

Species

* '' Leucopsina burnsi'' ( Paramonov, 1957) * '' Leucopsina odyneroides'' Westwood, 1876

References

Acroceridae Nemestrinoidea genera {{Nemestrinoidea-stub