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Dicranosepsis distincta Iwasa & Tewari, 1990

Male

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Dicranosepsis distincta. 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:

Iwasa M & Tewari RR (1990). Two new species of the genus Dicranosepsis Duda from India (Diptera, Sepsidae). Jpn. J. Ent. 58(4):794-798.

This species strikingly differs from the other species of Dicranosepsis in having a dark spot in the distal part of the R1 cell of wing.

Source:

Iwasa M & Tewari RR (1990). Two new species of the genus Dicranosepsis Duda from India (Diptera, Sepsidae). Jpn. J. Ent. 58(4):794-798.

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": Dicranosepsis

Synonyms

DICRANOSEPSIS DISTINCTA Iwasa 1990. India: Madhya Pradesh, Amarkantak, Jabalpur. Holotype ♂, in Obihiro University of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.

Source:

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

Distribution

Oriental: India (Madhya Pradesh, Orissa), Thailand.

Source:

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

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