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Archisepsis ecalcarata (Thomson, 1869)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Archisepsis ecalcarata. 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 ECALCARATA Thomson 1869 (as Sepsis). U.S.A.: California. Lectotype ♀, by designation of Ozerov, 1992b: 85, in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

cubensis Bigot 1886 (as Nemopoda). Cuba : Exact locality not stated. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1992b: 85, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.

xanthostoma Bigot 1886 (as Nemopoda). Argentina: Buenos Ayres. Lectotype ♀, by designation of Ozerov, 1992b: 86, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.

insularis Williston 1896 (as Sepsis). Saint Vincent And The Grenadines: St. Vincent. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1993c: 75, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

bilobata Becker 1919 (as Sepsis). Ecuador: Cuenca, 2532m. 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 (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Tucumán), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Bachia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominical Republic, France (Martinique), Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, USA (Puerto Rico), Venezuela.

Nearctic: USA (California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia).

Source:

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

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