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Sepsis (Australosepsis) niveipennis (Becker, 1903)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Sepsis(Australosepsis) niveipennis. 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 niveipennis can be recognised by the fused basal medial and basal radial cells.

Source:

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

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

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

Synonyms

SEPSIS(AUSTRALOSEPSIS)NIVEIPENNIS Becker 1903 (as Sepsis). Egypt: Asyût. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Zuska, 1968: 474, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.

flava Brunetti 1910 (as Sepsis). India: Calcutta. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Zuska, 1968: 474, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

tincta Brunetti 1910 (as Sepsis). India: Allahabad. Lectotype ♀, by designation of Zuska, 1968: 474, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

fulvescens Malloch 1925. Australia: New South Wales, Sydney. Holotype ♂, in Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.

atratula Malloch 1925. Australia: New South Wales, Sydney. Holotype ♂, in Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia. As a variety of fulvescens.

robusta Duda 1926 (as Saltelliseps). Taiwan: Yentempo. Holotype ♂, in Magyar Természettudomanyi Museum Allattara, Budapest, Hungary. As a variety of niveipennis.

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Republic of South Africa, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe.

Australasian: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Nothern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), Fiji, New Caledonia (New Caledonia), Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch., New Guinea I.), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.

Oriental: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China (Taiwan), India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Indonesia (Java I., Lesser Sunda Is, Sulawesi I.), Japan (Okinawa I.), Malaysia (East Malaysia), Nepal, Philippines (Jolo I.).

Palaearctic (Europe): Cyprus.

Palaearctic (North Africa): Egypt, Morocco.

Source:

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

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