Quasi fisheri

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]

Quasi fisheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Acroceridae
Subfamily:	Philopotinae
Genus:	Quasi Gillung & Winterton, 2011[1]
Species:	Q. fisheri
Binomial name
Quasi fisheri Gillung & Winterton, 2011[1]

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