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Sepsis (Australosepsis) frontalis (Walker, 1860)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Sepsis(Australosepsis) frontalis. 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:

Zuska J (1968). A revision of the genus Australosepsis (Diptera, Sepsidae). Acta entomologica bohemoslovaca 65(6): 470-476.

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Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": Sepsis (Australosepsis)

Synonyms

SEPSIS(AUSTRALOSEPSIS)FRONTALIS Walker 1860 (as Sepsis). Indonesia: Sulawesi Is., Makessar [now = Ujung Pandang]. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Zuska, 1968: 472, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

tenella de Meijere 1906 (as Sepsis). Singapore: Exact locality not stated. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Zuska, 1968: 472, in Magyar Természettudomanyi Museum Allattara, Budapest, Hungary.

brevis Brunetti 1910 (as Sepsis). India: Baroda. Holotype ♂, not in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk and presumed in Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, India or destroyed.

lieveni Frey 1917 (as Sepsis). Sri Lanka: Anurandhapura. Holotype ♂, in Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Source:

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

Distribution

Oriental: Bangladesh, China Guangdong) Taiwan, India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Tamil Nadu), Indonesia (Lombok Is., Sulawesi Is., Sumbawa Is., Timor Is.), Japan (Okinawa Is.), Malaysia (Borneo Is.) Nepal, Philippines (Balabac Is., Busuanga Is., Culion Is., Luzon Is., Mindanao Is., Palawan Is.), Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Australasian: Australia (Nothern Territory, Western Australia), New Caledonia (New Caledonia).

Palaearctic (Asia): Pakistan.

Source:

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

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