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Toxopoda bequaerti (Curran, 1929)

(Originally described as Platytoxopoda)

Male & Female

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Toxopoda bequaerti. Male & Female pinned specimens.

Deposited at:  Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (Belgium)

Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis

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Diagnostic illustrations for adults

Adapted from:

Ozerov AL (1991). Review of the subgenus Platytoxopoda (Diptera, Sepsidae: Toxopodinae). Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 96(3): 48-53.

Source:

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Toxopoda

Synonyms

TOXOPODA BEQUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada RTI Curran 1929 (as Platytoxopoda). Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Mbaga. Holotype ♀, in American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Source:

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

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