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Toxopoda soror (Munari, 1994)

(Originally described as Platytoxopoda)

Male

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Toxopoda soror. 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:

Munari, L. (1994). Sepsidae from Sierra Leone: New records and descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Sepsidae). Ricerche Biologiche in Sierra Leone, Problemi Attuali di Scienza e di Cultura, Sezione: Missioni ed Esplorazioni XIII, Roma, Academia Nazionale dei Lincei, 267: 231–242.

Source:

Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Toxopoda

Synonyms

TOXOPODA SOROR Munari 1994 (as Platytoxopoda). Sierra Leone: between the villages of Kania and Sinikoro. Holotype ♂, in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Venice, Italy.

Source:

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

Distribution

Afrotropical: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone.

Source:

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

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