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Toxopoda viduata (Thomson, 1869)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Toxopoda viduata. Male pinned specimen.

Deposited at:  Magyar Természettudomanyi Museum Allattara, Budapest (Hungary)

Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis

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Diagnostic illustrations for adults

Adapted from:

Iwasa M (1986). Notes on the genus Toxopoda in the Oriental region and Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Sepsidae). Kontyu 54(4): 654-660.

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Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Toxopoda


Synonyms

TOXOPODA VIDUATA Thomson 1869 (as Sepsis). China: Exact locality not stated. Holotype ♂, in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

formicioides Brunetti 1910 (as Nemopoda). Unavailable name; citation of a Bigot MS name, as nomen nudum in synonymy with Sepsis viduata Thomson.

formosanus Matsumura 1911 (as Sepsis). Taiwan: Ako. Syntypes ♂♂ and ♀♀, in Entomological Institute, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

Source:

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

Distribution

Oriental: China (Guangdong) Taiwan, Indonesia (Java Is.), Japan (Okinawa Is.), Philippines (Luzon Is., Mindanao Is., Palawan Is.), Sri Lanka.

Australasian: Papua New Guinea (New Guinea Is.).

Source:

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