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Leptomerosepsis ruwenzoriensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1963)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Leptomerosepsis ruwenzoriensis. Male holotype specimen.

Deposited at:  Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (Belgium)

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Diagnosis

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Diagnostic illustrations for adults

Adapted from:

Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1963). Sepsinae (Diptera Tetanoceridea). Exploration du Parc National Albert. Deuxème Série, 13, 1: 3–91.

Source:

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

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

Synonyms

LEPTOMEROSEPSIS RUWENZORIENSIS Vanschuytbroeck 1963 (as Sepsis). Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "Kyandolire, camp des Gardes, 1750m. Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya.

Source:

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

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