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