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Saltella nigripes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Male

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Saltella nigripes. 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:

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

Adult recognised by the receding face, sparsely haired wing-membrane, and restricted white katepisternal pruinosity.

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": Saltella

Synonyms

SALTELLA NIGRIPES Robineau-Desvoidy 1830. France: Saint-Sauveur (?). Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated , presumed destroyed.

ferruginea Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 (as Nemopoda). France: Exact locality not stated. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.

gagatea Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 (as Nemopoda). France: Saint-Sauveur(?). Syntypes ♂♂ and ♀♀, presumed destroyed.

Source:

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

Distribution

Palaearctic (Asia): Afghanistan, Israel, Kazakhstan, Republic of Georgia, Russia (Irkutskaya Oblast’, Novosibirskaya Oblast’, Orenburgskaya Oblast’, Sakha), Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan

Palaearctic (Europe): Albania, Czech Republic, France (incl. Corsica Is.), Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia (Belgorodskaya Oblast’, Ivanovskaya Oblast’, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Lipetskaya Oblast’, Rostovskaya Oblast’, Ryazanskaya Oblast’, Stavropol’skiy Kray, Vladimirskaya Oblast’), Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia.

Source:

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

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