Meroplius (Xenosepsis) sydneyensis Malloch, 1925

Male

Meroplius(Xenosepsis) sydneyensis. Male paratype specimen USNMENT01384616.

Deposited at: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington (USA)

Yuchen Ang

Morphoglossary

Head Thorax Abdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Meroplius

Synonyms

MEROPLIUS(XENOSEPSIS)SYDNEYENSIS Malloch 1925. Australia: New South Wales, Sydney. Holotype ♀, in Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.

acrosticalis Duda 1926 (as Pseudomeroplius). Australia: Northern Queensland, Gordonvale. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Zuska, 1972: 67, destroyed.

Source:

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

Distribution

Oriental: Taiwan, Indonesia (Sulawesi Is.), Malaysia (East Malaysia), Nepal.

Australasian: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Queensland).