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Checklist for Family Sepsidae Walker, 1833 (Black scavenger flies)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
7129
27028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
96
1334
6857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
74
1054
4459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Muscomorpha
Woodley, 1989
56
775
3123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Schizophora
Becher, 1882
52
663
2713
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Acalyptratae
Macquart, 1835
Acalyptrate muscoids
39
386
1756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sciomyzoidea
Fallen, 1820
4
11
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySepsidae
Walker, 1833
Black scavenger flies, Ensign flies, Scavenger flies
5
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
5 Genera with 13 Species
Australosepsis Malloch, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Dicranosepsis Duda, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Parapalaeosepsis Duda, 19706SpeciesTaxom
Sepsis Fallen, 18243SpeciesTaxom
Toxopoda Macquart, 20081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
13 Species
Australosepsis frontalis Walker, 1860
Dicranosepsis bicolor Wiedemann, 1830
Dicranosepsis tibialis Iwasa & Tewari, 1991
Parapalaeosepsis apicalis Meijere, 1906
Parapalaeosepsis compressa Zuska, 1970
Parapalaeosepsis laffooni Steyskal, 1949
Parapalaeosepsis limbata Meijere, 1906
Parapalaeosepsis plebeia Meijere, 1906
Parapalaeosepsis spatulata Zuska, 1970
Sepsis dissimilis Brunetti, 1909
Sepsis frontalis (Walker, 1860)⇒ Australosepsis frontalis Walker, 1860
Sepsis nitens Wiedemann, 1824
Toxopoda ozerovi Iwasa, 2008

Subnodes of Sepsidae with occurrences in Melanesia
SubfamilySepsinae
Walker, 1833
4
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyToxopodinae
Duda, 1926
1
1
Genus
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