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Sepsis delectabilis Adams, 1905

Male

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Sepsis delectabilis. Male pinned specimen BMNH(E)1485943.

Deposited at:  Natural History Museum, London (UK)

Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis

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Diagnostic illustrations for adults

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Morphoglossary

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Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": Sepsis

Synonyms

SEPSIS DELECTABILIS AdAustralian Museum, Sydney, Australia 1905. Zimbabwe: Salisbury [now = Harare]. Lectotype ♂, in Snow Entomological Museum, Kansas University, Lawrence, USA.

flavus Vanschuytbroeck 1962. Tanzania: Kilimanjaro, Marangu, versant Sud-Est, 1.600–1.750m. Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. Junior primary homonym, preoccupied by Sepsis flava Brunetti, 1910.

africana Ozerov 2004. Republic Of South Africa: Transvaal, 25 km NE Ohrigstad, Echo Caves. Holotype ♂, in Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Uganda.

Source:

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

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