Sepsis punctum (Fabricius, 1794)
(Originally described as Musca)
Male
Sepsis punctum. Male alcohol-vouchered specimen.
Deposited at: Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Yuchen Ang
All Rights Reserved
Diagnosis
Diagnostic illustrations for adults
Adapted from:
Pont AC & Meier R (2002). The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Brill: 1-188.
Adultpunctumcan be distinguished from its closest relatives (basal medial cell mainly or wholly devoid of microtrichiae, male fore femur with a spinose tubercle at about apical quarter), by the extremely reduced pruinosity on anepimeron (see thorax), single dorsocentral seta, and by the form of the male surstylus which is relatively broad and has long setae along the inner margin (see abdomen).
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 PUNCTUM Fabricius 1794 (as Musca). France: in Galliae. Holotype ♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
stigma Panzer 1798. Austria: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♂ or Syntypes ♂♂, presumed destroyed.
cornuta Meigen 1826. Germany(?): not stated [probably GERMANY: Stolberg]. Holotype ♀, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
ornata Meigen 1826. Germany(?): not stated [probably GERMANY: Stolberg]. Holotype ♀, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
pectoralis Macquart 1835. France: Bordeaux. Syntypes ♂♂ and ♀♀, probably in MNHL.
rufocincta Hoffmeister 1844. Germany: Kessel [Hessen]. Syntypes, sex not stated, not located and presumed destroyed.
referens Walker 1849. North America: Exact localities not stated. Lectotype ♂, , in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.
similis Macquart 1851 (as Nemopoda). Central America: De l’Amérique septentrionale. Holotype ♂, not located and presumed destroyed.
fulvicoxalis Bigot 1886. Usa: California. Lectotype ♀, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.
geniculata Bigot 1892. Spain: Canaria [= CANARI Is.]. Holotype ♂, in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK.
himalayensis Brunetti 1910. India: Darjiling. Lectotype ♂, 2004b: 00, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.
rufibasis Brunetti 1910. India: Darjiling. Syntypes ♂♂, not in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk and presumed in Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, India or destroyed.
major Brunetti 1910. India: Darjiling. Syntypes ♂♂, not in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk and presumed in Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, India or destroyed.
obscuripes Brunetti 1910. India: Darjiling. Syntypes ♂♂, not in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk and presumed in Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, India or destroyed. [As a variety of rufibasis].
hecate Melander et Spuler 1917. Usa: Washington, Palouse. Lectotype ♂, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA. [As a variety of violacea].
zernyi Duda 1926. Italy, Austria, Tunisia: ITALY (Sicily Is., Monreale) , AUSTRIA (Seebenstein), TUNISIA. Syntypes ♂♂, in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria and Magyar Természettudomanyi Museum Allattara, Budapest, Hungary. [As subvariety of punctum variety of violacea].
quadrisetosa Duda 1926. Many Localities In Europe And Asia: Exact localities not stated. Syntypes ♂♂ and ♀♀ (over 130 specimens), in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, and Magyar Természettudomanyi Museum Allattara, Budapest, Hungary. [As a variety of punctum].
icaria Séguy 1932. France: Gard, Aigoual, 12-1400m. Holotype ♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
meridionalis Séguy 1932. France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria: FRANCE (Var, Cilian) , SPAIN, MOROCCO, ALGERIA. Syntypes 14 ♂♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. [As a variety of punctum].
pectoralis Meigen Error forpectoralis Macquart [Melander & Spuler, 1917: 12].
Source:
Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.
Distribution
Oriental: India (Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, West Bengal), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan.
Palaearctic (Asia): Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Republic of Georgia, Russia (Altay, Amurskaya Oblast’, Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Kamchatskaya Oblast’, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Magadanskaya Oblast’, Novosibirskaya Oblast’, Omskaya Oblast’, Sakha, Sverdlovskaya Oblast’, Tomskaya Oblast’, Tyumenskaya Oblast’), Syria, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Palaearctic (Europe): Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (incl. Corsica Is.), Germany, UK, Greece (incl. Crete Is., Corfu Is.), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sardinia Is.), Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Alania, Arkhangel’skaya Oblast’, Belgorodskaya Oblast’, Bryanskaya Oblast’, Ivanovskaya Oblast’, Kaluzhskaya Oblast’, Karelia, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Leningradskaya Oblast’, Lipetskaya Oblast’, Moskovskaya Oblast’, Murmanskaya Oblast’, Nizhegorodskaya Oblast’, Orenburgskaya Oblast’, Penzenskaya Oblast’, Pskovskaya Oblast’, Rostovskaya Oblast’, Ryazanskaya Oblast’, Saratovskaya Oblast’, Smolenskaya Oblast’, Tambovskaya Oblast’, Tverskaya Oblast’, Tul’skaya Oblast’, Vladimirskaya Oblast’, Voronezhskaya Oblast’, Yaroslavskaya Oblast’), Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia.
Palaearctic (North Africa): Algeria, Canary Is, Egypt, Libya, Madeira Is, Morocco, Tunisia.
Nearctic: Bermuda Is, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebeck), Mexico (Durango, Sonora, Zacatecas), USA (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming).
Neotropical: Mexico (Chiapas, Districto Federal, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz).
Source:
Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.