Sepsis lateralis Wiedemann, 1830
Male
Sepsis lateralis. Male alcohol-vouchered specimen.
Deposited at: Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis
Diagnostic illustrations for adults
Adapted from:
Pont AC & Meier R (2002). The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Brill: 1-188.
Adult lateralis differs from all other European Sepsis by the lack of a dark wing-spot. The male fore femoral armature is very characteristic.
Source:
Pont AC & Meier R (2002). The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Brill: 1-188.
Morphoglossary
Taxonomy Information
Classification
Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": Sepsis
Synonyms
SEPSIS LATERALIS Wiedemann 1830. China: Exact locality not stated. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Pont in Pont & Meier, 2002: 167, in Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
complicata Wiedemann 1830. China: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♂, in Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
inpunctata Macquart 1839 (as Nemopoda). Spanish Territory: not stated [from title: CANARY Is]. Holotype ♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
algira Macquart 1843 (as Nemopoda). Algeria: Algiers. Holotype ♂, probably in MNHL.
lateralis Macquart 1843. Africa(?): Du Brèsil ou du Chili [probably from Africa, not South America]. Holotype ♀, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Junior secondary homonym, preoccupied by Sepsis lateralis Wiedemann, 1830.
immaculata Macquart 1843. French Territory: De l’ile Bourbon [= RÉUNION]. Holotype ♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
hyalipennis Macquart 1851. Egypt: Exact locality not stated. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Pont in Pont & Meier, 2002: 167, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.
rufa Macquart 1851 (as Meroplius). Egypt: Cairo. Holotype ♀, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.
Melitensis Rondani 1874 (as Meroplius). Malta: Exact locality not stated. Syntypes ♂♂, probably in Museo Zoologica "La Specola", Florence, Italy.
schembrii Rondani 1874 (as Nemopoda). Malta: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♂, probably in Museo Zoologica "La Specola", Florence, Italy.
senegalensis Bigot 1886. Sierra Leone: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♀, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.
fragilis Becker 1903. Egypt: Lake Birket-el-Karûn. Syntypes ♂♂, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.
astutis AdAustralian Museum, Sydney, Australia 1905. Zimbabwe: Salisbury [now = Harare]. Lectotype ♂, in Snow Entomological Museum, Kansas University, Lawrence, USA.
lutea Duda 1926. Unavailable name; citation of a Wiedemann name, in synonymy with Sepsis lateralis Wiedemann.
unicoloripes Brunetti 1929. Ghana: Aburi. Lectotype ♂, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.
definita Brunetti 1929. Republic Of South Africa: Natal: Natal, Weenen. Lectotype ♂, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.
kwanzaensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "riv. Kombo, affl. riv. Ruanoli, 1550m". Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
bombokaensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "Bomboka, près Kyandolire, 1650m". Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
migeriensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "Kiribata Migeri , Moyenne Lume, 1760m". Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
curiosa Ozerov 1996 Substitute name for Nemopoda lateralis Macquart.
astuta. Incorrect subsequent spelling of astutis AdAustralian Museum, Sydney, Australia [Bezzi, 1908: 169; Vanschuytbroeck, 1961: 78].
definita Duda Error fordefinita Brunnetti [Vanschuytbroeck, 1962b: 459].
Source:
Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.
Distribution
Afrotropical: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, DemocraticRepublic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Australasian: USA (Hawaiian Is.), ?Papua New Guinea (New Guinea Is.).
Oriental: Bangladesh, China (Guangdong) Taiwan, India (AndhraPradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, North Bengal, TamilNadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Japan (Okinawa Is.), Malaysia (East Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines (Luzon Is., Negros Is.), Sri Lanka, Thailand.
Palaearctic (Asia): Afghanistan, China (Hebei), Iraq, Israel, Japan (Kyushu Is.), Syria.
Palaearctic (Europe): Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain (incl. Balearic Is), Turkey.
Palaearctic (North Africa): Algeria, Azores, Canary Is, Egypt, Libya, MadeiraIs, Morocco, Tunisia.
Source:
Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.