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Toxopoda contracta (Walker, 1852)

(Originally described as Calobata(?)

Female

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Toxopoda contracta. Female holotype specimen BMNH(E)1239024.

Deposited at:  Natural History Museum, London (UK)

Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis

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Diagnostic illustrations for adults

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Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Toxopoda

Synonyms

TOXOPODA CONTRACTA Walker 1852 (as Calobata?). East Indies: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♀, in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk.

Source:

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

Distribution

Oriental: Bangladesh, India (Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Malaysia (West Malaysia), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Source:

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

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