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Nemopoda nitidula (Fallen, 1820)

(Originally described as Musca)

Male

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Nemopoda nitidula. Male alcohol-vouchered specimen.

Deposited at:  Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis

Diagnosis Image

Diagnostic illustrations for adults

Adapted from:

Pont AC & Meier R (2002). The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Brill: 1-188.

with yellow apical ring; lateral view of surstylus long, de: as: ps = 1: 1.3: 1.5.

Source:

Pont AC & Meier R (2002). The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Brill: 1-188.

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Nemopoda

Synonyms

NEMOPODA NITIDULA Fallen 1820 (as Musca). Sweden: not stated. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Pont in Pont & Meier, 2002: 124, in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

cylindrica(l) Fallen 1794 (as Musca). Germany: Germania. Holotype ♀, in Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Junior primary homonym, preoccupied by Musca cylindrica De Geer, 1776.

putris Robineau-Desvoidy 1830. France(?): [probably Saint-Sauveur]. Syntypes ♂♂ and ♀♀, presumed destroyed.

viridis Macquart 1835. France: Bordeaux. Holotype ♀, presumed destroyed.

ruwenzoriensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "Kalonge, riv. KaTel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel leko, affl. Butahu, 2060m". 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: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Palaearctic (Asia): Japan (Hokkaido Is.), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Republic of Georgia, Russia (Altay, Amurskaya Oblast’, Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Kamchatskaya Oblast’, Khabarovskiy Kray, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Novosibirskaya Oblast’, Omskaya Oblast’, Primorskiy Kray, Sakha, Sakhalinskaya Oblast’, Sverdlovskaya Oblast’, Tomskaya Oblast’, Tyumenskaya Oblast’), Tadzhikistan.

Palaearctic (Europe): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (incl. Corsica Is.), Germany, UK, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Alania, Arkhangel’skaya Oblast’, Astrachanskaya Oblast’, Bashkortostan, Belgorodskaya Oblast’, Ivanovskaya Oblast’, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kaluzhskaya Oblast’, Karelia, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Leningradskaya Oblast’, Lipetskaya Oblast’, Moskovskaya Oblast’, Murmanskaya Oblast’, Penzenskaya Oblast’, Pskovskaya Oblast’, Ryazanskaya Oblast’, Smolenskaya Oblast’, Stavropol’skiy Kray, Tverskaya Oblast’, Tul’skaya Oblast’, Voronezhskaya Oblast’, Yaroslavskaya Oblast’), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia.

Nearctic: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebeck), USA (Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin).

Source:

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

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