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Archisepsis armata (Schiner, 1868)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Archisepsis armata. Male alcohol-vouchered specimen.

Deposited at:  Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis

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Diagnostic illustrations for adults

Adapted from:

Ozerov AL (1993). A review of the sepsid flies of Palaeosepsini, trib.n. (Diptera Sepsidae). Russian Entomological Journal 2(5-6): 55-103.

Source:

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": "Neotropical clade": Archisepsis

Synonyms

ARCHISEPSIS ARMATA Schiner 1868 (as Sepsis). Brazil: aus Brasilien. Holotype ♂, in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

hoplicnema Melander et Spuler 1917 (as Sepsis). Haiti: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♂, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA.

Source:

Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.

Distribution

Neotropical: Argentina (Salta), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Bachia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Hidalgo, Michoacán, Querétaro), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, USA (Puerto Rico), Venezuela.

Source:

Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.

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