Sepsidae

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 37

Sepsidae ( Fig. 91 )

Sepsids currently comprise more than 317extant species in 37 genera worldwide ( Ozerov 2005), while the Neotropical fauna includes 45 species in 12 genera ( Silva 2016). In particular, Sepsis Fallén contains approximately 90 described species. Silva et al. (2023) reported the first record of the family from Chile, Sepsis punctum (Fabricius) , considered a recently introduced species.

Figures

FIGURES 86–91. Lauxanoidea and Sciomyzoidea of Chile: (86) Ortadilina celullaris Blanchard (Chamaemyiidae, photo by Anthony Campos); (87) Zamyprosa sp. (Lauxaniidae, photo by Luis Candia); (88) Paractora sp. (Helcomyzidae, photo by Diego Almendras); (89) Protodyctia chilensis (Sciomyzidae, photo by Chris Lukhaup); (90) Pherbellia philippii Malloch (Sciomyzidae, photo by Patrich Cerpa), and (91) Sepsis punctum (Fabricius) (Sepsidae, photo by Claudio Maureira).