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Sepsis thoracica (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

Male

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Sepsis thoracica. 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.

Among the species with meron glossy in posterior half and pruinose in anterior half, and katepisternum also partly shining and without pruinosity, adult thoracica differs by having a dark spot at the tip of vein R2+3 and lacking a milky-white patch beyond this.

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

Synonyms

ALLOSEPSIS THORACICA Robineau-Desvoidy 1830. France (?): not stated [FRANCE, probably Saint-Sauveur]. Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.

tridens Becker 1903. Egypt: Lake Birket-el-Karûn. Holotype ♂, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.

propinquus AdAustralian Museum, Sydney, Australia 1905. Zimbabwe: Salisbury [now = Harare]. Holotype ♂, in Snow Entomological Museum, Kansas University, Lawrence, USA.

modesta de Meijere 1906. Sri Lanka, India: SRI LANKA Pattipole , INDIA Matheran. Syntypes 1 ♂ and 1 ♀, in Magyar Természettudomanyi Museum Allattara, Budapest, Hungary.

consanguinea Villeneuve 1920. France, England: répandu dans toute la France et connu aussi d’Angleterre. Syntypes 7 ♂♂ and 1 ♀, in Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

goetghebueri Frey 1925. Belgium: Virton. Lectotype ♂, in Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium. ‘New name’ for nigripes sensu Goetghebuer and Bastin (1925: 129), not Meigen [misidentifications].

quadratipunctata Brunetti 1929. Republic Of South Africa: Natal: Weenen. Lectotype ♂, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

longisetosa Brunetti 1929. Republic Of South Africa: Natal: Weenen. Lectotype ♂, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

idmais Séguy 1932. France: Cillian, Var. Holotype ♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

ino Séguy 1932. France: La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan. Holotype ♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

inermis Séguy 1933. Republic Of South Africa: Natal: Natal, Durban. Holotype ♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

kamahoroensis Vanschuytbroeck 1963. Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Virunga National Parc: "riv. Kamahoro, 2010m". Holotype ♂, in Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.

longiseta. Incorrect subsequent spelling of longisetosa Brunnetti [Soós, 1962: 1].

quadripunctata. Incorrect subsequent spelling of quadratipunctata Brunnetti [Vanschuytbroeck, 1961: 7; 1962b: 453; 1963a: 8, 89].

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Australasian: USA (Hawaiian Is.).

Oriental: Cambodia, China (Sichuan) Taiwan, India (Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Japan (Okinawa Is.), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey.

Palaearctic (Asia): Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China (Beijing, Jilin, Nei Monggol), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan (Hokkaido Is., Honshu Is., Shikoku Is.), Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Republic of Georgia, Russia (Amurskaya Oblast’, Buryatia, Kamchatskaya Oblast’, Khabarovskiy Kray, Primorskiy Kray), Syria, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Palaearctic (Europe): Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France (incl. Corsica Is.), Germany, UK, Greece (incl. Crete Is.), Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Alania, Astrachanskaya Oblast’, Belgorodskaya Oblast’, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Nizhegorodskaya Oblast’, Rostovskaya Oblast’, Stavropol’skiy Kray, Vladimirskaya Oblast’), Slovakia, Spain (incl. Balearic Is), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia.

Palaearctic (North Africa): Algeria, Azores, Canary Is, Egypt, Madeira Is, Morocco, Tunisia.

Source:

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

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