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Microsepsis mitis (Curran, 1927)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Microsepsis mitis. 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.

Source:

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

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

Synonyms

MICROSEPSIS MITIS Curran 1927 (as Sepsis). Colombia: San Lorenzo Mts., Vista Nieve. Holotype ♂, in American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.

mystrion Silva 1993. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Grajaú Rio de Janeiro. Holotype ♂, in Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. — Syn. nov.

Source:

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

Distribution

Neotropical: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas), Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.

Source:

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

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