BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Pont, A.C., 1979

Sepsidae: Diptera Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptrata

Dichotomous key to the adults

Publisher The Royal Entomological Society of London (RES)
Volume Vol X. Part 5(c)
Pages 35
Coverage Covers all UK species known at the time.
Illustrations Line drawings in the text with fore femora and tibiae, and gentalia at the back.
Identify Under a Stereo Microscope.
Specimen Prep. Pinned and set specimens.
Difficulty Fairly straightforward, though careful orientation and illumination is needed to see the dusting on the pleurites in Sepsis.

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Taxonomic Scope

SEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung flies) Identification Current

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