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Archisepsis discolor (Bigot, 1857)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Archisepsis discolor. 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.

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Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

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

Synonyms

ARCHISEPSIS DISCOLOR Bigot 1857 (as Sepsis). Cuba : Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♀, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Palaearctic [introduction].

scabra Loew 1861 (as Sepsis). Cuba : Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♀, in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

haemorrhoidalis Schiner 1868 (as Sepsis). Brazil: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♂, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA.

albicoxa Thomson 1869 (as Sepsis). Brazil: Exact locality not stated. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov,1992b: 85, in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

fuscus Bigot 1886. Mexico: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♀, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.

mequignoni Séguy 1936 (as Sepsis). Azores Is.: Sãn Miguel, Sete Cidades. Holotype ♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

Source:

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

Distribution

Neotropical: Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones, Salta, Tucumán), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Bachia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, USA (Puerto Rico), Venezuela.

Palaearctic (North Africa): Azore Is. (Introduction)

Source:

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

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