Sepsis sepsi Ozerov, 2003

Ang, Yuchen & Meier, Rudolf, 2010, Five additions to the list of Sepsidae Diptera for Vietnam: Perochaeta cuirassa sp. n., Perochaeta lobo sp. n., Sepsis spura sp. n., Sepsis sepsi Ozerov, 2003 and Sepsis monostigma Thompson, 1869, ZooKeys 70, pp. 41-56 : 48

Sepsis sepsi Ozerov, 2003 Figs 18-20

Sepsis sepsi Ozerov 2003. Zoologicheskiy zhurnal, 82, 10: 1276.

Material.

♂♂♀♀ (RMBR), Vietnam, Ha Tay Province, Ba Vi National Park. From ex culture established from ♀ collected from rubbish dump near temple at summit of mountain [21°3'45.84"N; 105°21'57.63"E, elevation 800m ASL]. Collected 11.VII.2010 (Ang Y). 2 ♂ (RMBR), Indonesia, West Sumatra, Bukit Tingei Regency, Tanjung Mutiara Dist., Bantar Gadang Beach, [0°24.792"S; 99°56.307"E 0m ASL]. Collected 6.VII.2007 (Lohman D).

Taxonomic remarks.

Sepsis sepsi bears some resemblance to Sepsis nitens and was initially thought to be such by Hennig but later identified it as a ' Sepsis n.sp.' (1941), and was formally described by Ozerov (2003). Sepsis sepsi can be distinguished from Sepsis nitens based on the row of four large spines on a large rounded ventromedial bump of the fore femur (Fig. 18) as opposed to three spines arranged triangularly on a slightly proclinate bump in Sepsis nitens (Fig. 21). The fore tibia (Fig. 19) lacks a rounded lobe present in Sepsis nitens (Fig. 22), and the surstylus differs in structure [cf. Sepsis sepsi (Fig. 20) and Sepsis nitens (Fig. 23)].

Distribution.

Indonesia (Sumatra, Sumbawa), Vietnam (Ha Tay).