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Parapalaeosepsis apicalis (de Meijere, 1906)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Parapalaeosepsis apicalis. 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:

Zuska J (1970). A revision of the genus Parapalaeosepsis (Diptera, Sepsidae). Acta entomologica bohemoslovaca 67(1): 50-61.

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Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": Parapalaeosepsis

Synonyms

PARAPALAEOSEPSIS APICALIS de Meijere 1906 (as Sepsis). Papua New Guinea: New Guinea Is., Pumomu River. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Zuska, 1970: 52, in Magyar Természettudomanyi Museum Allattara, Budapest, Hungary.

Source:

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

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Queensland).

Oriental: Indonesia (Moluccas Is, New Guinea Is.), Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch., New Guinea Is.), Solomon Is.

Source:

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

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