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Paratoxopoda depilis (Walker, 1849)

(Originally described as Themira)

Male

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Paratoxopoda depilis. 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:

Ozerov AL (1993). A revision of the genus Paratoxopoda Duda (Diptera, Sepsidae). Bulletin de'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 63: 123-144.

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Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": "African clade": Paratoxopoda

Synonyms

PARATOXOPODA DEPILIS Walker 1849 (as Themira). Sierra Leone: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♀, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

fasciventris Bezzi 1920 (as Toxopoda). Republic Of South Africa: Pretoria. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1993b: 133, in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milan, Italy.

akumi Vanschuytbroeck 1961. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Parc National de la Garamba. Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

bombiensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "riv. Bombi, affl. Butahu, 1700m". Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

saskai Soos 1964. Tanzania: Dar-es-salaam. Lectotype ♀, by designation of Ozerov, 1993b: 134, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.

fuscinervis. Incorrect subsequent spelling of fasciventris Bezzi [Hennig, 1954: 642; Soós, 1962: 1].

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Source:

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

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