Sepsis igniventris Thomson, 1869

Male

Sepsis igniventris. Male pinned specimen BMNH(E)1485934.

Deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (UK)

Yuchen Ang

Morphoglossary

Head Thorax Abdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": Sepsis

Synonyms

SEPSIS IGNIVENTRIS Thomson 1869. Mauritius: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♂, in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

glabra Duda 1926. Ethiopia: Marako. Lectotype ♂, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.

polychaeta Duda 1926. Madagascar: Sikora. Lectotype ♂, in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

kaTel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel lekoensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "riv. KaTel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel leko, 2060m". Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

butahuensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "rive Kiondo ya Kwanza, 2130m". Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

campiensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "Kyandolire, camp des Gardes, 1700m". Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

mutsoraensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "Kykio, près Kalonge, 2180m". Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

satoshii Iwasa 1996. Madagascar: Isalo National Park: Ranohira 800m. Holotype ♂, in Obihiro University of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.