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Sepsis secunda (Melander et Spuler, 1917)

(Originally described as Sepsidimorpha)

Male

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Sepsis secunda. 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:

Ozerov AL (2000). Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Sepsis Fallen, 1810 (Diptera: Sepsidae). Russian Entomological Journal 9(2): 161-176.

Source:

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Higher sepsids": Sepsis

Synonyms

SEPSIS SECUNDA melander et Spuler 1917 (as secunda). U.S.A.: Washington, Union Flat. Holotype ♂, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA.

brunnipes Melander et Spuler 1917 (as secunda). Usa: Pennsylvania. Holotype ♂, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA. [As a variety of secunda].

piceipes Melander et Spuler 1917 (as Nicarao). Usa: Idaho, Chatcolet. Holotype ♂, in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, USA. [As a variety of secunda].

rarus Silva 1995. Nicaragua: Matagalpa, Santa Maria de Ostuma. Holotype ♂, in Museo Entomologico, León, Nicaragua.

Source:

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

Distribution

Nearctic: Canada (British Columbia), USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington).

Neotropical: Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua.

Source:

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

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