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Indascia

Indascia is a genus of hoverflies native to India and Sri Lanka. Indascia is very similar to Paramicrodon.

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Jul 15, 2026

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120 w

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Indascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Indascia Keiser, 1958
Type species
Ascia brachystoma Wiedemann, 1924

Indascia is a genus of hoverflies native to India and Sri Lanka. Indascia is very similar to Paramicrodon.¹

Species

The four known species are:

I. brachystoma (Wiedemann, 1924)
I. gigantica Reemer, 2013²
I. gracilis Keiser, 1958
I. spathulata Reemer, 2013²

References

References

Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3.
Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.