Family Sepsidae

Many Fabricius types are in either poor condition or even lost. Please contact the Diptera Curator for information on the condition of the types for individual species. The Wiedemann material listed here is not in every case type material.

Current Family Genus (orig. comb.) Species Author Citation New combination/synonym of
Sepsidae Sepsis bicolor Wiedemann 1830: Aussereur. Zweifl. Insekten 2: 468 Dicranosepsis
Sepsidae Sepsis ciliata Staeger 1844: in: J.C. Schiødte, Naturhist. Tidsskrift [2] 1: 30 Themira superba (Haliday, 1833)
Sepsidae Sepsis complicata Wiedemann 1830: Aussereur. Zweifl. Insekten 2: 468 Sepsis lateralis Wiedemann, 1830
Sepsidae Musca cylindrica Fabricius 1794: Ent. Syst. IV: 336 Nemopoda nitidula (Fallén, 1820)
Sepsidae Sepsis falleni Staeger 1844: in: J.C. Schiødte, Naturhist. Tidsskrift [2] 1: 32 Themira nigricornis (Meigen, 1826)
Sepsidae Sepsis indica Wiedemann 1824: Analecta Ent.: 57 none
Sepsidae Sepsis lateralis Wiedemann 1830: Aussereur. Zweifl. Insekten 2: 468 none
Sepsidae Sepsis nitens Wiedemann 1824: Analecta Ent.: 57 none
Sepsidae Musca punctum Fabricius 1794: Ent. Syst. IV: 351 Sepsis

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