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Themira putris (Linnaeus, 1758)

(Originally described as Musca)

Male

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Themira putris. 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 putris is a relatively large and very common species with broad gena, similar to biloba and best distinguished by the characters given in the key (Pont and Meier, 2002, p. 59).

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 PUTRIS Linnaeus 1758 (as Musca). Sweden (?): not stated [probably SWEDEN]. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.

fimeti Linnaeus 1761 (as Musca). Sweden: not stated [from title: SWEDEN]. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.

conssencis Harris 1780 (as Musca). England: not stated [from title: GREAT BRITAIN, England]. Syntypes, sex not stated, not found and presumed destroyed.

pilosa Robineau-Desvoidy 1830. France: Saint-Sauveur. Holotype or Syntypes, sex not stated, presumed destroyed.

setosa. Incorrect subsequent spelling of pilosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Rondany, 1856: 117].

Source:

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

Distribution

Palaearctic (Asia): China, Japan (Hokkaido Is.), Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia (Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Kamchatskaya Oblast’, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Novosibirskaya Oblast’, Orenburgskaya Oblast’, Primorskiy Kray, Sakhalinskaya Oblast’, Sverdlovskaya Oblast’, Tyumenskaya Oblast’), Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan.

Palaearctic (Europe): Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, UK, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Alania, Bashkortostan, Belgorodskaya Oblast’, Kirovskaya Oblast’, Leningradskaya Oblast’, Lipetskaya Oblast’, Moskovskaya Oblast’, Murmanskaya Oblast’, Orenburgskaya Oblast’, Pskovskaya Oblast’, Ryazanskaya Oblast’, Tul’skaya Oblast’, Tverskaya Oblast’, Voronezhskaya Oblast’, Yaroslavskaya Oblast’), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Nearctic: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebeck,), USA (Alaska, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin).

Source:

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

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