Sepsis Fallén, 1810
(a genus of lesser dung flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Sepsis fulgens
a lesser dung fly
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 		Species 10 images
Sepsis orthocnemis
a lesser dung fly
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 		Species 14 images
Sepsis punctum
a lesser dung fly
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Sepsis (unidentified)
Unidentified Sepsis Lesser Dung Flies
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 		Unidentified 11 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSepsis (a genus of lesser dung flies)
FamilySEPSIDAE (a family of lesser dung flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Sepsis (a genus of lesser dung flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sepsis (a genus of lesser dung flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sepsis (a genus of lesser dung flies)
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