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Leptomerosepsis simplicicrus (Duda, 1926)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Leptomerosepsis simplicicrus. 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:

Duda O (1926). Monographie der Sepsiden. (Dipt.). II. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 40: 1-110.

Source:

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

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

Synonyms

LEPTOMEROSEPSIS SIMPLICICRUS Duda 1926 (as Sepsis). Cameroon: Johann Albrechtshöhe. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1997a: 484, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.

posterolineata Brunetti 1929 (as Sepsis). Uganda: Kampala. Holotype ♀, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

kansueriensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963 (as Sepsis). Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "riv. Mbulikerere, 2720m". 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: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenia, Nigeria, Uganda.

Source:

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

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