First Record of Neoascia anassa Reemer and Hippa, 2005 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from China with Description of Previously Unknown Female

Authors

  • Nawaz Haider Bashir College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0206-2435
  • Muhammad Naeem College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, China
  • Muhammad Asghar Hassan Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 P.R. China
  • Jeroen van Steenis Syrphidae Foundation, Schaepmanlaan 2, 3741 VC, the Netherlands https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9231-1516
  • Xinchang Li Chengde Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Chengde 067000, China https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5438-7282
  • Huanhuan Chen College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655011, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.v27i2.2783

Abstract

Neoascia anassa Reemer & Hippa, 2005, previously described from Vietnam based on a single male, is newly recorded from the Oriental Region of China, Yunnan Province. The first description of the unknown female and detailed figures of female and male are provided.

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Author Biographies

  • Muhammad Naeem, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, China

    Associate Professor

  • Muhammad Asghar Hassan, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 P.R. China

    Postdoc researcher

  • Jeroen van Steenis, Syrphidae Foundation, Schaepmanlaan 2, 3741 VC, the Netherlands

    Chairman of the Syrphidae Foundation Chief editor of Journaal van Syrphidae

  • Xinchang Li, Chengde Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Chengde 067000, China

    Associate Professor

  • Huanhuan Chen, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655011, China

    Associate Professor

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Published

31.07.2025

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 2 (2025): Journal of the Entomological Research Society

Section

Journal of the Entomological Research Society

How to Cite

First Record of Neoascia anassa Reemer and Hippa, 2005 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from China with Description of Previously Unknown Female. (2025). Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 27(2), 247-254. https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.v27i2.2783