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Archisepsis pusio (Schiner, 1868)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Archisepsis pusio. 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 PUSIO Schiner 1868 (as Sepsis). Venezuela: Exact locality not stated. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Silva, 1993: 128, in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Source:

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

Distribution

Neotropical: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina (Formosa, Jujuy, Salta), Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Bachia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Querétaro, Yucatán), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, UK (Montserrat), USA (Puerto Rico), Venezuela.

Nearctic: Mexico (San Luis Potosí), USA (Florida, Georgia).

Source:

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

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