Brachythoracosepsis nodosa (Walker, 1849)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

Brachythoracosepsis nodosa. Male pinned specimen BMNH(E)1239004.

Deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (UK)

Yuchen Ang

Morphoglossary

Head Thorax Abdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": "African clade": Brachythoracosepsis

Synonyms

BRACHYTHORACOSEPSIS NODOSA Walker 1849 (as Sepsis). Sierra Leone: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♀, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

xanthopus Speiser 1924 (as Sepsis). Tanzania: Kilimandjaro. Holotype ♀, in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

kilimanjaroensis Vanschuytbroeck 1962 (as Sepsis). Tanzania: Kilimanjaro, Marangu, versant Sud-Est, 1.600–1.750m. Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

notosa. Incorrect spelling of nodosa [Ozerov 1990].

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda.