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Themira leachi (Meigen, 1826)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Themira leachi. 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 leachi is a striking species, recognised by the glossy katepisternum and absence of postpronotal seta, and in the male by the striking modi?cations to the fore leg and hind tibia.

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 (Annamira)

Synonyms

THEMIRA LEACHI Meigen 1826 (as Sepsis). United Kingdom: aus England [GREAT BRITAIN: England]. Holotype ♂, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

phantasma Robineau-Desvoidy 1830. France: Saint-Sauveur. Holotype ♂ or Syntypes ♂♂, presumed destroyed.

tarsalis Walker 1833 (as Nemopoda). England: in Westmoreland, near London, "near Ambleside". Syntypes ♀♀ [not ♂♂ as stated], presumed destroyed.

fumipennis Walker 1833 (as Nemopoda). England: near London [GREAT BRITAIN: England]. Holotype ♀ or Syntypes ♀♀, presumed destroyed.

coxarum Zetterstedt 1837 (as Sepsis). Sweden: Hab. Lapponia Tornensi rarissime [SWEDEN: Torne Lappmark]. Lectotype ♀, by designation of Pont in Pont & Meier, 2002: 78, in Zoological Museum, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden. Nomen nudum.

coxarum Zetterstedt 1838 (as Sepsis)

curvipes Van der Wulp 1864. Netherlands: The Hague. Syntypes ♂♂ and ♀♀, not found.

umbripennis Van der Wulp 1871 (as Nemopoda). Netherlands: Oosterdoksdijk te Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia terdam. Syntypes, in Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia terdam, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia terdam, Netherlands (1 ♀).

Source:

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

Distribution

Palaearctic (Asia): Mongolia, Russia (Altay, Amurskaya Oblast’, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Kamchatskaya Oblast’, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Novosibirskaya Oblast’, Primorskiy Kray, Sakha, Tomskaya Oblast’).

Palaearctic (Europe): Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, UK, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (Arkhangel’skaya Oblast’, Bashkortostan, Ivanovskaya Oblast’, Leningradskaya Oblast’, Moskovskaya Oblast’, Tambovskaya Oblast’, Yaroslavskaya Oblast’), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia.

Nearctic: Canada (Newfoundland), Neotropic. –– Cuba (Pinares de Mayarii).

Source:

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

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