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Sepsis nitens Wiedemann, 1824

Male

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Sepsis nitens. 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:

Ang Y & Meier R (2010). Five additions to the list of Sepsidae Diptera for Vietnam: Perochaeta cuirassa sp. n., Perochaeta lobo sp. n., Sepsis spura sp. n., Sepsis sepsi Ozerov, 2003 and Sepsis monostigma Thompson, 1869. ZooKeys 70: 41-56.

Source:

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": Sepsis

Synonyms

SEPSIS NITENS Wiedemann 1824. India Orient.(likely South Asian subcontinent); Lectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov 2004, in Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

brevicosta Brunetti 1910. India: Calcutta, "Tinpahar, Bengal", "Shencottah", "Pusa", "Lahore". Syntypes ♂♂ and ♀♀, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk (4 ♀♀).

tuberculata Duda 1926. Taiwan: Yentempo. Lectotype ♂, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.

Source:

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

Distribution

Oriental: Bangladesh, Taiwan, China (Guangdong), India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Indonesia (Java Is., Lesser Sunda Is, Sulawesi Is.), Japan (Okinawa Is.), Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines (Luzon Is., Culion Is., Negros Is., Mindanao Is., Palawan Is.), Sri Lanka, Tailand.

Australasian: Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory), Papua New Guinea (New Guinea Is.).

Source:

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

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