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Microsepsis simplicula (Steyskal, 1968)

(Originally described as Palaeosepsis)

Male

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Microsepsis simplicula. Male paratype specimen.

Deposited at:  American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA)

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Diagnosis

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Morphoglossary

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Taxonomy Information

Classification

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

Synonyms

MICROSEPSIS SIMPLICULA Steyskal 1968 (as Palaeosepsis). U.S.A.: (see simplex). Substitute name for simplex Curran.

simplex Curran 1928 (as Sepsis). Usa: Puerto Rico, Adjuntas. Holotype ♂, in American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Junior primary homonym, preoccupied by Sepsis simplex Goetghebuer & Bastin, 1925.

Source:

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

Distribution

Neotropical: Dominican Republic, UK (Virgin Is), USA (Puerto Rico).

Nearctic: USA (Virginia).

Source:

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

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