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Parapalaeosepsis basifera (Walker, 1859)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Parapalaeosepsis basifera. Male lectotype specimen BMNH(E)1239009.

Deposited at:  Natural History Museum, London (UK)

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Diagnosis

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Diagnostic illustrations for adults

Adapted from:

Duda O (1926). Monographie der Sepsiden. (Dipt.). II. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 40: 1-110. and 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 BASIFERA Walker 1859 (as Sepsis). Indonesia: Aru Is [or also = Kepulauan Aru], Malluku. Syntypes 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, both in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

Source:

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

Distribution

Australasian: Papua New Guinea (New Guinea Is.).

Oriental: Indonesia (Aru Is, Moluccas Is).

Source:

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

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