Brunetti, 1910 : 365 Meijere, 1913 : 363 Sepsis Contribution to the fauna of the genus Meroplius Rondani, 1874 (Diptera, Sepsidae) of the Australasian / Oceanian region Ozerov, A. L. Zootaxa 2018 2018-06-20 4438 1 195 200 8CT5D (Brunetti, 1910) Brunetti 1910 [151,632,1715,1742] Insecta Sepsidae Meroplius GBIF Animalia Diptera 0 195 Arthropoda species fasciculatus     fasciculata  Brunetti, 1910: 365( Sepsis). Type-locality: " Ceylon" [= Sri Lanka]. plumatade  Meijere, 1913: 363(  Sepsis). Type-locality: "Rivierkamp" ( Indonesia: Papua).   Remarks. The species was recorded from  PapuaNew Guineaby de Meijere (1913)and Zuska (1972).    Material Examined.  China: Suifu, Szechuen,  12–24.IX.1922, D.C. Graham( 1 ♂, ZMUM);   Indonesia: BaliIsl., Bedugul( 8.272°S 115.158°E),  23–27.XII.2016, N. Vikhrev( 3 ♂♂, ZMUM);   Malaysia: Borneo, SabahKundasng ( 6.01°N 116.59°E),  1500 m,  18–25.XII.2011, N. Vikhrev( 7 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, ZMUM);   Myanmar: Shanstate, Nyaungshwe(~ 20.66°N 96.96°E),  26–30.XI.2009, N.Vikhrev( 2 ♂♂, ZMUM);   Sri Lanka: Kan. Dist., Kandy, Peak View Motel,  1800 ft.,  7–14.I.1970, Davis & Rowe ( 1 ♀, ZMUM).   Description. Male. Head. Frontal vitta and fronto-orbital plate black, shining. Face brownish, greyish dusted. Parafacial reddish. Gena blackish, densely greyish dusted. Postcranium black, grey dusted, with several black hairs. Setae: 1 orbital, 1 ocellar, 1 inner vertical, 1 outer vertical, 1 postocellar; 1 pair of vibrissae present. Antenna brownish to blackish. Postpedicel rounded apically, about 2 times as long as wide. Arista black, bare. Palpus very small, blackish.  Thoraxblack. Scutum (including postpronotal lobe) delicately greyish dusted. Proepisternum greyish dusted in upper part and shining in lower part. Katepimeron, meron, metepisternum, metepimeron, katatergite, anatergite and mediotergite greyish dusted. Anepisternum, anepimeron shining completely. Katepisternum shining, but densely greyish dusted along upper posterior corner. Scutum with the following paired setae: 1 postpronotal, 2 notopleural, 1 supra-alar, 1 postalar, 1 postsutural dorsocentral. Scutellum greyish dusted, with a pair of strong apical setae and a pair of small basal setae.  Legsblack, but all coxae, all trochanters, fore femur and tibia yellow, also mid and hind femora yellow in basal quarter or third. Fore femur with two black spines ventrally, distal spine curved ( Fig. 1). Mid femur, hind femur and hind tibia without striking setae. Mid tibia with 1 ventral seta in apical half. Hind tibia with an osmeterium anterodorsally.  Wingclear. Veins brown. Calypters, margins of calypters, and halteres whitish.   FIGURES 3–4.  Meroplius fasciculatus(Brunetti)(3) and  M. timikana  sp. nov.(4), male sternite 4.  Abdomenblack, shining. Tergites 4–5 with several marginal setae. Sternite 4 as in Fig. 3. Epandrium and surstyli as in Figs 5, 6; surstylus simple, without median projections ( Fig. 5).  Female. Resembles male. Femur and tibia of foreleg simple. Mid tibia without ventral seta. Hind tibia without an osmeterium anterodorsally.  Measurements. Length of body 3.4–3.7 mm. Length of wing 2.6–3.2 mm.   Distribution. Australasian/Oceanian.— Indonesia( Papua),  PapuaNew Guinea. Oriental.— Bangladesh, China( Guangdong, Guizhou,  Taiwan), India( Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal), Indonesia( JavaI., SulawesiI., Borneo I.), Malaysia(East Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines(Luzon I., Jolo I.), Sri Lanka, Thailand.  Palaearctic.— Asia: China( Sichuan), Japan(Honshu I., Kyushu I., Shikoku I.). 1851012883 [199,1203,1840,1864] 1922-09-12 1922-09-24 1922-09-12 ZMUM D. C. Graham China China 0 195 1 1 1851012929 2016-12-23 2016-12-27 2016-12-23 ZMUM N. Vikhrev Indonesia -8.272 Bedugul 77 115.158 0 195 3 3 Bali 1851013021 2011-12-18 2011-12-25 2011-12-18 ZMUM N. Vikhrev Malaysia 1500 6.01 Borneo 783 116.59 0 195 10 3 7 Sabah 1851013020 2009-11-26 2009-11-30 2009-11-26 ZMUM N. Vikhrev Myanmar 20.66 Nyaungshwe 760 96.96 0 195 2 2 Shan 1851012882 1970-01-07 1970-01-14 1970-01-07 ZMUM Sri Lanka Kan. Dist. 549 Peak View Motel Kandy 0 195 1 1