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Dicranosepsis tibialis Iwasa & Tewari, 1990

Male

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Dicranosepsis tibialis. Male pinned specimen.

Deposited at:  Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Mòncheberg (Germany)

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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 differs from the other species of Dicranosepsis-species in having a black ring at the distal end of middle tibia and a pair of epandrial dorsal setae which are longer than the length of epadrium in male

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 TIBIALIS Iwasa 1990. India: Madhya Pradesh, 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

Australasian: Australia, Guam, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is.

Oriental: Bangladesh, Taiwan, China (Guangdong, Yunnan), India (Assam, Madhya Pradesh), Indonesia (Flores Is., Sulawesi Is., Sumbawa Is.), Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.

Source:

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

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