Sepsis luteipes Melander &Spuler, 1917

Patrick T. Rohner & Gerhard Bächli, 2016, Faunistic data of Sepsidae (Diptera) from Switzerland and additional countries including the first Swiss record of Meroplius fukuharai (Iwasa, 1984), Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 89, pp. 237-260 : 250

Sepsis luteipes Melander &Spuler, 1917

Material: Switzerland: AG:Würenlingen, 420 m, 6.–11.vi.1973, 27.vii.2001. BE: Beatenberg, 1470 m, 2000 (leg. Duelli). BL:Bubendorf, 8.–15.vi.2000, 13.– 20.vii.2000, 3.–10.viii.2000 (all leg. Wolf). GE:Chancy, 350 m, 24.vi.2004. GR: Zernez, 1450 m, 4.viii.1996 (leg. Merz &Bächli). JU:La Chaux-des-Breuleux, 1000 m, 28.vi.2003; SZ:Biberbrugg, 1000 m, 25.vi.2011. TI:Biasca, 300 m, 7.– 11.viii.1997; Cevio-Cerentino, 420 m, 15.–16.vii.1997; Lucomagno, 1400 m, 8.viii. 1998. VS:Grône/Poutafontana, 500 m, 1.vi.2001; Jeizinen, 1500 m, 3.vii.2001; Leuk/Brentjong, 1000 m, 25.vi.1999; Pfynwald, 580 m, 15.v.1996 (leg. Merz & Bächli); 30.vi.–4.vii.2001, 3.–7.vii.2000. ZH:Zürich/Hönggerberg, 520 m, 3.– 7.vi.1998, 13.–17.vii.1996.

Austria:Leutschach, 350 m, 13.–17.vii.2001. Italy:Sondrio, Bormio, 1300 m, 29.vii.–3.viii.2000; Torino, Villar Pellice, 700 m, 9.–13.vii.2002.

Distribution:Holarctic ( Ozerov 2005).

Comments:Apparently the first record from Austria. This species has been found on cow dung ( Rohner et al. 2015) and goose excrements ( Pont &Meier 2002), but its ecology and behaviour are largely unknown. Note that Sepsis helvetica Munari, 1985 was synonymized with Sepsis luteipes by Ozerov (1999), although different species concepts lead to conflicting conclusions ( Rohner et al. 2014).