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Issue: Vol. 38 No. 1: February to March 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-21
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2023.38.1.1
Page range: 1–14
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Notes on the genus Sepsis Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Sepsidae) from Pakistan with two new country records

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
Department of Zoology, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Department of Zoology, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Department of Zoology, Kohsar University Murree, 47150, Punjab, Pakistan.
Department of Zoology, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Diptera New records Pakistan Sepsidae Sepsis South Asia

Abstract

An overview of the genus Sepsis in Pakistan is presented. Two species are newly recorded for the country: S. coprophila de Meijere, 1906, and S. indica Wiedemann, 1824. A brief diagnosis and detailed photographs of the newly recorded species are provided. The dorsal and lateral habitus of the following four species are also presented: S. dissimilis Brunetti, 1910, S. nitens Wiedemann, 1824, S. orthocnemis Frey, 1908, and S. thoracica (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830). An updated checklist, key to known species, and distribution data in Pakistan are summarized.

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