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Decachaetophora aeneipes (de Meijere, 1913)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Decachaetophora aeneipes. 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:

Steyskal G (1943). Old world Sepsidae in North America, with a key to the American genera. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 19(3): 93-95.

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Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Decachaetophora

Synonyms

DECACHAETOPHORA AENEIPES de Meijere 1913 (as Sepsis). Taiwan: Chip-Chip. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1999f: 51, in Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia terdam, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia terdam, Netherlands.

Source:

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

Distribution

Australasian: USA (Hawaiian Is.).

Oriental: Taiwan, India (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammy and Kashmir, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Palaearctic (Asia): Afghanistan, China (Gansu, Sichuan), Japan (Hokkaido Is., Honshu Is., Kyushu Is., Shikoku Is.), Korea, Mongolia, Russia (Amurskaya Oblast’, Primorskiy Kray, Sakhalinskaya Oblast’).

Nearctic: USA (California, Oregon, Washington).

Source:

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

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