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Microsepsis

Microsepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.

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Jun 22, 2026
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Length
199 w
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Microsepsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sepsidae
Subfamily: Sepsinae
Genus: Microsepsis
Silva, 19931
Type species
Sepsis armillata
Melander, & Spuler, 19172
Synonyms
  • Ajdasepsis Ozerov, 19943

Microsepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.

Species

  • Microsepsis armillata (Melander, & Spuler, 1917)2
  • Microsepsis currani (Ozerov, 1993)4
  • Microsepsis fulva (Ozerov, 1994)3
  • Microsepsis furcata (Melander, & Spuler, 1917)2
  • Microsepsis limnetica (Ozerov, 1993)4
  • Microsepsis mitis (Curran, 1927)5
  • Microsepsis pilosicoxa (Ozerov, 1993)4
  • Microsepsis stenoptera Silva, 19931
  • Microsepsis steyskali (Ozerov, 1993)4
References

References

  1. 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.
  2. Melander, A. L.; Spuler, A. (1917). "The dipterous families Sepsidae and Piophilidae". Bulletin Agricultural Experiment Station. Washington. 143: 1–103, 1 p. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. Ozerov, A.L. (1994). "A review of the sepsid flies of Palaeosepsini, trib. n. (Diptera Sepsidae)". Russian Entomological Journal. 2[1993] (5–6): 55–103.
  4. Ozerov, A.L. (1993). "Six new species of the genus Palaeosepsis Duda (Diptera, Sepsidae)". Russian Entomological Journal. 2 (1): 63–71.
  5. Curran, C.H. (1927). "Four new American Diptera" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (275): 4. Retrieved 14 January 2022.