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Archisepsis excavata (Duda, 1926)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Sepsis incisa. Male holotype specimen.

Deposited at:  Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France)

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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 EXCAVATA Duda 1926 (as Sepsis). Ecuador: (see incisa). Substitute name for Sepsis incisa Becker.

incisa Becker 1919 (as Sepsis). Ecuador: Cuenca, 2532m. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1992a: 86, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Junior primary homonym, preoccupied by Sepsis incisa Strobl 1894.

Source:

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

Distribution

Neotropical: Belize, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Bachia, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Source:

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

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