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Lasiosepsis melanota (Bigot, 1886)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Lasiosepsis melanota. Male holotype specimen.

Deposited at:  Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford (UK)

Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis

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Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: Lasiosepsis

Synonyms

LASIOSEPSIS MELANOTA Bigot 1886 (as Sepsis). Senegal : Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♂, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.

hirtipes Becker 1903 (as Sepsis). Egypt: Cairo. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1997a: 481, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.

incurvus Duda 1926 (as Meroplius). Ethiopia: Lac. Dembel. Holotype ♀, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Senegal, Zimbabwe.

Palaearctic (North Africa): Egypt

Source:

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

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