Sepedon floridensis, Steyskal, 1951

Elberg, Kaupo, Rozkošný, Rudolf & Knutson, Lloyd, 2009, A review of of the Holarctic Sepedon fuscipennis and S. spinipes groups with description of a new species (Diptera: Sciomyzidae), Zootaxa 2288, pp. 51-60 : 55

S. floridensis Steyskal, 1951

( Figs 8, 12, 16 )

Diagnosis. A yellowish-brown species with a short, drop-like orbital spot; deeply concave face in lateral view; pedicel index about 4.5; hypandrium not produced basally in lateral view ( Fig. 8 ); aedeagus: midprojection absent; distiphallus longer than epiphallus ( Fig. 12 ); and epiphallus rounded, broader than in preceding species ( Fig. 16 ).

Distribution. Known from the SE USA, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida (map: Orth 1986).

Material examined. UNITED STATES: Illinois, Union Co., La Rue Pine Hills Ecological Area, 4.4 km N of Wolf Lake, September, 1 3, D. W. Webb; Illinois, Johnson Co., Heron Pond, 23.v.1987, 1 3, D. King (all USNM).

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 19. Nearctic species of Sepedon fuscipennis group, details of male terminalia. 8, 12, 16. S. floridensis. 9, 13, 17. S. fuscipennis. 10, 14, 18. S. gracilicornis. 11, 15, 19. S. tenuicornis. 8 – 11. Hypandrium in lateral view. 12 – 15. Aedeagus in lateral view. 16 – 19. Epiphallus in caudal view. Scale: 0.3 mm.