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Parapalaeosepsis laffooni Steyskal, 1949

Male

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Parapalaeosepsis laffooni. Male holotype specimen USNMENT01384633.

Deposited at:  Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington (USA)

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Diagnosis

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Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": Parapalaeosepsis

Synonyms

PARAPALAEOSEPSIS LAFFOONI Steyskal 1949. Vanuatu: Espíritu Santo Island, Segond Channel. Holotype ♂, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA.

noumeae Steyskal 1949. New Caledonia: Nooméa. Holotype ♂, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA. [As subspecies of laffooni].

Source:

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

Distribution

Australasian: Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia (New Caledonia), Papua New Guinea (New Guinea Is.), Vanuatu.

Source:

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

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