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Genus
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. Type species:
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Fabricius, 1775: 768
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Keys to genera of Sepedoninae:
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.
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Keys to subgenera and groups:
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.
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Keys to species:
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(
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BDCF39071049FEF6" box="[479,601,350,372]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedomyia</emphasis>
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, subgenera
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BEC43907114AFEF6" box="[724,858,350,372]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BF9C39071606FEF6" box="[908,1046,350,372]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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;
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(
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B8D03907175BFEF6" box="[1216,1355,350,372]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">trichrooscelis</emphasis>
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group);
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(subgenus
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BDD639241040FE11" box="[454,592,381,403]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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).
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Comments on the genus
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BDBC39E61001FE5A" box="[428,529,447,472]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C784D7CFFAD4070BDBC39E6101EFE5A" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" box="[428,526,447,472]" class="Insecta" family="Sciomyzidae" genus="Sepedon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sepedon</taxonomicName>
,
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subgenera of
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BEBF39E61105FE5A" box="[687,789,447,472]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">
<taxonomicName id="4C784D7CFFAD4070BEBF39E61101FE5A" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" box="[687,785,447,472]" class="Insecta" family="Sciomyzidae" genus="Sepedon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sepedon</taxonomicName>
,
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and related genera
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The following summary is provided to aid future researchers in finding their way through a confusing body of literature. Also, the many closely related species of Afrotropical
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BF883A5E11E7FDA2" box="[920,1015,519,544]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
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are prime candidates for molecular studies, which will need to begin with and be analysed in relation to the classification based on adult morphology. Furthermore, the much needed studies of life cycles of Afrotropical
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BF8A3A1611E9FDEA" box="[922,1017,591,616]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
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species will be expedited by a better understanding of the relationships of the species based upon a more robust taxonomy. Several sets of species, notably the
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BD0B3ACE13A4FD32" box="[283,436,663,688]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">trichrooscelis</emphasis>
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set of about six mainly central African species demands study, preferably on a combined morphological and molecular basis. Such studies would support further analysis of the derived
<taxonomicName id="4C784D7CFFAD4070B8D63AE51735FD57" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" box="[1222,1317,700,725]" class="Insecta" family="Sciomyzidae" genus="Sepedon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B8D63AE51735FD57" box="[1222,1317,700,725]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
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lineage of genera (Marinoni &amp; Mathis 2000), which is key to the further development of a scenario of evolution of behaviour within the family (Knutson &amp; Vala 2002, 2011). A more profound understanding of the species and their relationships would also contribute to selection of species as biological control agents of disease-carrying and pestiferous gastropods (Barker
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BDE53B141037FCE7" box="[501,551,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">et al</emphasis>
. 2004).
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recognized the subfamily Sepedoninae, including
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BFA33B361602FC0A" box="[947,1042,879,904]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
Latreille
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and his new Afrotropical genera
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BCFC3BCD1363FC2F" box="[236,371,916,941]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedomyia</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BD943BCD1002FC2F" box="[388,530,916,941]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedoninus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BE5F3BCD10C8FC2F" box="[591,728,916,941]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedonella</emphasis>
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.
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did not recognize the subfamily; in his key “Genera of
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of the
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BDEE3BEE104CFC52" box="[510,604,951,976]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
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Group” he recognized
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BF773BEE11E5FC52" box="[871,1013,951,976]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedoninus</emphasis>
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as a genus and under
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B8E43BEE1743FC52" box="[1268,1363,951,976]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
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stated
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Including subgenera
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,
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and
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,
</emphasis>
and genus
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BF6D3B871614FC75" box="[893,1028,990,1015]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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), which latter (1
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segment somewhat elongated) is very doubtfully more than subgenerically distinct”. The type species of
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BC873C7F130EFBBD" box="[151,286,1062,1087]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedomyia</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BD223C7E138EFBBD" box="[306,414,1063,1087]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">S. nasuta</emphasis>
Verbeke
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, was listed as
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BEAF3C7F110EFBBD" box="[703,798,1062,1087]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
(
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)
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BFC13C71160CFBBD" box="[977,1052,1064,1087]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">nasuta</emphasis>
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by
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.
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BC873C13130EFBE1" box="[151,286,1098,1123]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BD793C1213C5FBE1" box="[361,469,1099,1123]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">S. nasuta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BEDC3C1210CAFBE0" box="[716,730,1099,1122]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BEFE3C131151FBE1" box="[750,833,1098,1123]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">alaotra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B8073C1316A0FBE1" box="[1047,1200,1098,1123]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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with 5 species and
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BC873C37133BFB05" box="[151,299,1134,1159]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Parasepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with 33 species, were presented as subgenera of
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BF763C3711D5FB05" box="[870,965,1134,1159]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Catalogue of Afrotropical
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Diptera (
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)
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.
</paragraph>
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In describing
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BD763CEE1364FB4C" box="[358,372,1207,1230]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BD9F3CEF1037FB4D" box="[399,551,1206,1231]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BE2A3CEF1097FB4D" box="[570,647,1206,1231]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">tuckeri</emphasis>
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from South Africa,
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noted “The first of the new species [
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BCEF3C82131DFB70" box="[255,269,1243,1266]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">S</emphasis>
. (
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.)
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BD723C8313A0FB71" box="[354,432,1242,1267]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">tuckeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
] described below does not belong to either of these subgenera [
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B8DC3C831775FB71" box="[1228,1381,1242,1267]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BC873CA7133BFA95" box="[151,299,1278,1303]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Parasepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
], nor to
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BD8A3CA71031FA95" box="[410,545,1278,1303]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BE243CA710ABFA95" box="[564,699,1278,1303]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedomyia</emphasis>
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was originally given generic status by
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, but is considered a subgenus of
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BDAB3D7B100AFAB9" box="[443,538,1314,1339]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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. Subgeneric status appears to be valid, because
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B9043D7B178BFAB9" box="[1300,1435,1314,1339]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are clearly distinguished from other
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BE3B3D1F109AFADD" box="[555,650,1350,1375]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species by the longer antennal scape, a triangular prominence dorsally in the middle of the anterior margin of the thorax, the presence of a postpronotal seta, and a distinct hypopygial structure. The new species has a
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BE1C3DD710B5FA25" box="[524,677,1422,1447]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
type of aedeagus (without a spiral filament), but has the presutural seta reduced or absent, and the seminal vesicle present (both features of
<taxonomicName id="4C784D7CFFAD4070BFC93DEB167DFA49" authorityName="sensu Verbeke" authorityYear="1950" box="[985,1133,1458,1483]" class="Insecta" family="Sciomyzidae" genus="Parasepedon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BFC93DEB167DFA49" box="[985,1133,1458,1483]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Parasepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). It thus appears that only aedeagal characters can separate
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BE1D3D8F10B5FA6D" box="[525,677,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BEFC3D8F1190FA6D" box="[748,896,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Parasepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and that these two subgenera should at best be considered species groups. It seems, however, that the Afrotropical
<taxonomicName id="4C784D7CFFAD4070BFB53DA31614F991" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" box="[933,1028,1530,1555]" class="Insecta" family="Sciomyzidae" genus="Sepedon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BFB53DA31614F991" box="[933,1028,1530,1555]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
fauna is rather poorly known, so a final decision on the status of the subgenera should only be taken after a comprehensive revision of the genus in the region.”
</paragraph>
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There has been considerable controversy and confusion in regard to characterization of the subgenera
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and
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BD613ED31019F921" box="[369,521,1674,1699]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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, species-groups in the species-rich
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BFAE3ED31642F921" box="[958,1106,1674,1699]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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, and species-groups within
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Sepedon
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lato
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. Only Afrotropical species have been placed in subgenera. The subgenera
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B8C63EF7177AF945" box="[1238,1386,1710,1735]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070BC873E8B1320F969" box="[151,304,1746,1771]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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were proposed by
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as follows (translated and modified).
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B8AA3E8B175EF969" box="[1210,1358,1746,1771]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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: male postabdomen distinctly rounded apically: “genital segments” (i.e. sternite 8 and epandrium) well developed; first genital segment elongate and more or less strongly convex, if not, second segment strongly developed; aedeagus always with more or less coiled filaments (also presutural seta strong, reduced or absent).
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B8AB3F671743F8D5" box="[1211,1363,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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: male postabdomen more or less pointed apically; genital segments little developed; first genital segment never elongated or convex; aedeagus without filaments; (also presutural seta often strong; small blackish species). Verbeke always (
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1950, 1956
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Steyskal &amp;
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,
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,
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,
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) placed Afrotropical species of his
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAD4070B92D3FF3178CF841" box="[1341,1436,1962,1987]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="77">Sepedon</emphasis>
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in one or other of these two subgenera.
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described an “organ vesiculaire” in the postabdomen of some Afrotropical species of
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BDCF38CE102EFF32" box="[479,574,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Sepedon</emphasis>
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and considered this to be characteristic of
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B80A38CE16BEFF32" box="[1050,1198,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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.
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described this highly apomorphic sperm pump (of a hydrostatic nature, which they named as the “cochleate vesicle”) in detail, noting that they found it only in
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BEFC38861190FF7A" box="[748,896,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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and in a rudimentary state in the Afrotropical-
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genus
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BD55395D13C2FE9F" box="[325,466,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Sepedoninus</emphasis>
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.
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, however, in describing
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B898395C1686FE9E" box="[1160,1174,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">S</emphasis>
. (
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.)
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B8CF395C1732FE9E" box="[1247,1314,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">jonesi</emphasis>
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noted that while a cochleate vesicle was present (a
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BE79397E10EDFEC2" box="[617,765,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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character), spiral filaments in the aedeagus were absent (a
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BC8739151320FEE7" box="[151,304,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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character). He also noted (p. 489) that the presutural seta (= presutural supra-alar) was reduced in
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B99739141785FEE6" box="[1415,1429,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">S</emphasis>
. (
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.)
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, but “present (never hair-like)” in his other new species
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BF89392911B7FE05" box="[921,935,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">S</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BFAF392811C6FE0A" box="[959,982,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">M</emphasis>
.)
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B85039361654FE0A" box="[1088,1092,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">.</emphasis>
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reference to this character as distinctive of the subgenera is ambiguous and cannot be used to separate the subgenera.
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concluded that only the presence (
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BEE639EE119AFE52" box="[758,906,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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) or absence (
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B83039EE16A9FE52" box="[1056,1209,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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) of a spiral filament in the aedeagus can separate
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BDF339851067FE77" box="[483,631,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BEA039851158FE77" box="[688,840,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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and (p. 489) that”.… these two subgenera should at best be considered species groups.” He agreed that
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BECC39A61173FD9A" box="[732,867,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Sepedomyia</emphasis>
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is a valid subgenus of
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B90439A61763FD9A" box="[1300,1395,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Sepedon</emphasis>
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(as proposed by
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in a catalogue, but without details for the generic synonymy). Further details of “
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B9973A7C1785FDBE" box="[1415,1429,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BC873A1012CAFDE2" box="[151,218,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">jonesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” are important to a discussion of subgeneric characters of
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BF6D3A1E1601FDE2" box="[893,1041,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B85B3A1E16F3FDE2" box="[1099,1251,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Mesosepedon</emphasis>
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. Barraclough &amp; Miller
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synonymized
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.
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under
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.
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Adams, 1903
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, after comparing specimens with male and female cotypes of the latter. They did not state whether or not they examined the male postabdomen. In addition, Steyskal
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BD7B3AEC1391FD4E" box="[363,385,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">in</emphasis>
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had synonymized
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. (
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.)
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BFFA3AED1645FD4F" box="[1002,1109,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">bequaerti</emphasis>
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under
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. (
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.)
<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BC873A8E131CFD72" box="[151,268,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">scapularis</emphasis>
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on the basis of examination of male and female cotypes of the latter. Steyskal stated that he examined the postabdomen of the male
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. (
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.)
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cotype, but he did not mention the cochleate vesicle or spiral filaments; nor did
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, whose figure of the aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BFD13B7911DFFCB5" box="[961,975,800,823]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">S</emphasis>
.
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does not indicate filaments. Knutson has studied lightly to strongly KOH-macerated postabdomens of nine male
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071B8813B1C168FFCDE" box="[1169,1183,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">S</emphasis>
.
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from the Afrotropics, and can confirm that a strong cochleate vesicle is present, but spiral filaments are absent.
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concluded (p.199) “It appears that
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and
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subgeneric categories will have to be modified or may fall away, because several species do not possess both the cochleate vesicle and aedeagal spiral filament.… yet appear to fall into
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. (
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<emphasis id="B90CEAEDFFAC4071BE2A3B8D10DEFC6F" box="[570,718,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="78">Parasepedon</emphasis>
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).”
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