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Checklist for Family Sepsidae Walker, 1833 (Black scavenger flies)
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
611
11863
34633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
608
11859
34631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
579
11701
34157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
379
9752
30015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
98
1705
4482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
77
1410
3503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
59
1047
2666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
55
850
1790
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
42
432
1155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciomyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
3
21
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySepsidae
Walker, 1833
Black scavenger flies, Ensign flies, Scavenger flies
6
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Costa Rica
6 Genera with 12 Species
Archisepsis Silva, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Meropliosepsis Duda, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Microsepsis Silva, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Palaeosepsis Duda, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopalaeosepsis Ozerov, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Sepsis Fallen, 19172SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
12 Species
Archisepsis armata Schiner, 1868
Archisepsis diversiformis Ozerov, 1993
Meropliosepsis sexsetosa Duda, 1926
Microsepsis mitis Curran, 1927
Microsepsis pilosicoxa Ozerov, 1993
Microsepsis steyskali Ozerov, 1993
Palaeosepsis dentatiformis Duda, 1926
Palaeosepsis eberhardi Ozerov, 2004
Palaeosepsis morula Ozerov, 2004
Pseudopalaeosepsis nigricoxa Ozerov, 1992
Sepsis erocha Ozerov, 2000
Sepsis secunda Melander & S..., 1917

Subnodes of Sepsidae with occurrences in Costa Rica
SubfamilySepsinae
Walker, 1833
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Sepsidae (Walker 1833)
Sepsidae (Walker 1833)


Links, sources and further information
Sepsidae at artfakta.se
Sepsidae at dyntaxa.se
Sepsidae at gbif.org
Sepsidae at irmng.org
Sepsidae at itis.gov
Sepsidae at marinespecies.org