These are small black and yellow or mostly black flies with a narrow abdomen near the thorax. They occur mainly in damp places among low herbage. The larva of ''Neosascia'' are flattened without oral hooks and a have a short posterior spiracular process or "tail" rat-tailed that is

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. In 1925 Curran reviewed the genus ''Neoascia'' . In this work a key is provided and ten species are described including four new species some of which have later been determined to be synonyms.

Species

*'' N. amurensis'' Mutin, 1993 *'' N. anassa'' Reemer & Hippa, 2005 *'' N. bipunctata'' ( Matsumura, 1919) *'' N. clausseni'' Hauser & Kassebeer, 1998 *'' N. confusa'' Mutin, 1993 *'' N.distincta'' Williston, 1887 *'' N. globosa'' (

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, 1849) *'' N. guttata'' Skevington & Moran, 2019 *'' N. inexpectata'' Hauser, 1998 *'' N. nana'' Reemer & Hippa, 2005 *'' N. subannexa'' Claussen & Hayat, 1997 *'' N. willistoni''

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, 1986 Subgenus: ''Neoascia'' *'' N. annexa'' (

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, 1776) *'' N. balearensis'' Kassebeer, 2002 *'' N. longiscutata'' (Shiraki, 1930) *'' N. metallica'' ( Williston, 1882) *'' N. monticola''

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, 1960 *'' N. pavlovskii''

, 1955 *'' N. podagrica'' ( Fabricius, 1775) *'' N. sphaerophoria'' Curran, 1925 *'' N. tenur'' (

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, 1780) Subgenus: ''Neoasciella'' *'' N. carinicauda''

, 1955 *'' N. geniculata'' ( Meigen, 1822) *'' N. interrupta'' ( Meigen, 1822) *'' N. meticulosa'' (

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, 1763) *'' N. obliqua'' Coe, 1940 *'' N. subchalybea'' Curran, 1925 *'' N. tuberculifera'' Violovitsh, 1957 *'' N. unifasciata'' (

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, 1898)

References

Diptera of Europe Diptera of North America Diptera of Asia Diptera of Africa Hoverfly genera Taxa named by Samuel Wendell Williston Eristalinae {{Syrphidae-stub