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Microsepsis armillata (Melander et Spuler, 1917)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Microsepsis armillata. 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:

Ozerov AL (1993). A review of the sepsid flies of Palaeosepsini, trib.n. (Diptera Sepsidae). Russian Entomological Journal 2(5-6): 55-103.

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Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": "Neotropical clade": Microsepsis

Synonyms

MICROSEPSIS ARMILLATA melander et Spuler 1917 (as Sepsis). Haiti: Exact locality not stated. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Steyskal, 1967: 180, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA.

inflexa Becker 1919 (as Sepsis). Ecuador: Cuenca. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1992b: 86, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

anomala Silva 1993. Costa Rica: San José. Holotype ♀, in Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. —.

eberhardi Ozerov 1998. Panama: Summit Gardens, 50m. Holotype ♂, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA. — Syn. nov.

Source:

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

Distribution

Neotropical: Argentina (Tucumán), Bahamas, Brazil (Amapá, Bachia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Hidalgo, Michoacán, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK (Virgin Is), USA (Puerto Rico), Venezuela.

Nearctic: USA (Florida, Washington).

Source:

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

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