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| Pseudopalaeosepsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sepsidae |
| Subfamily: | Sepsinae |
| Genus: | Pseudopalaeosepsis Ozerov, 1992[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pseudopalaeosepsis nigricoxa Ozerov, 1992[1] | |
Pseudopalaeosepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae. They can be found in Latin America, having been collected in French Guiana and Costa Rica.[2][3]
Like several other related fly genera, males in the genus have lobes on the sternum that are used to court mates during intercouse.[4] The unclear evolutionary origin of these lobes has led to confusion over the exact taxonomy of Pseudopalaeosepsis; Mirifica and Muricata, the two species described by Vera C. Silva, were initially described as members of Archisepsis.[5]
Species
[edit]- Pseudopalaeosepsis mirifica (Silva, 1993)[6]
- Pseudopalaeosepsis muricata (Silva, 1993)[6]
- Pseudopalaeosepsis nigricoxa Ozerov, 1992[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Ozerov, A.L. (1992). "New data on the neotropical sepsids (Diptera Sepsidae)". Russian Entomological Journal. 1 (1): 81–86.
- ↑ Lobo, R.D. Briceno (March 2002). "Water contact during courtship of males of Archisepsis diversiformis". Biologia. 50 (1): 135. ISSN 0034-7744.
- ↑ Silva, Vera C.; Pollett, Marc (7 March 2020). "The Sepsidae of the Mitaraka expedition, French Guiana (Diptera)". Zoo Systema. 42 (14): 195. doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a14. hdl:11449/200509.
- ↑ Eberhard, William G. (2003). "Sexual behavior and morphology of Themira minor (Diptera: Sepsidae) males and the evolution of male sternal lobes and genitalic surstyli". The Canadian Entomologist. 135 (4): 577. doi:10.4039/n02-117.
- ↑ Eberhard, William G. (2001). "Multiple origins of a major novelty: moveable abdominal lobes in male sepsid flies (Diptera: epsidae), and the question of developmental constraints". Evolution & Development. 3 (3): 207. doi:10.1046/j.1525-142x.2001.003003206.x.
- 1 2 Silva, V. C. (1993). "Revisão da família Sepsidae na região Neotropical. III. Os gêneros Palaeosepsis Duda, 1926, Archisepsis gen.n. e Microsepsis gen.n.; chave para os gêneros Neotropicais (Diptera, Schizophora)". Iheringia. Série Zoologia. 75: 117–170.
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