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Themira gracilis (Zetterstedt, 1847)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Themira gracilis. 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.

Adult recognised by the partly glossy katepisternum together with partly yellow legs.

Source:

Pont AC & Meier R (2002). The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Brill: 1-188.

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Themira

Synonyms

THEMIRA GRACILIS Zetterstedt 1847 (as Sepsis). Sweden: in graminosis ad diversorium Skaltugan, ad radicem jugi alpini situm [Jämtland, Skalstugan]. Lectotype ♂, by designation of Gregor, 1966: 78, in Zoological Museum, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.

plurisetosus Duda 1926 (as Meroplius). Ukraine: Körösmezö [now = Jasiòa]. Holotype ♀, in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany.

Source:

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

Distribution

Palaearctic (Asia): Mongolia, Russia (Altay, Amurskaya Oblast’, Primorskiy Kray).

Palaearctic (Europe): Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, UK, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Romania, Russia (Alania, Karelia, Leningradskaya Oblast’, Moskovskaya Oblast’), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Source:

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

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