Mesembrinella spicata, Aldrich., 1925

Whitworth, Terry L. & Yusseff-Vanegas, Sohath, 2019, A revision of the genera and species of the Neotropical family Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea), Zootaxa 4659 (1), pp. 1-146 : 49

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4659.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:57309E14-0330-4ED7-BCDA-355EE6618215

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5586995

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Mesembrinella spicata
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Mesembrinella spicata species-group

Recognition. The M. spicata species-group is represented by three species, Mesembrinella spicata and two new species, M. guaramacalensis sp. nov. and M. mexicana sp. nov. These species share anterior spiracle of normal shape, with a broad oval opening above ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–8 ) and males with exceptionally broad rectangular sternites and ST5 with two prominent posterior projections [ Fig 12 View FIGURES 9–14 (see arrow), Figs. 245–246 View FIGURES 239–251 ]; male with large epandrium (as in Fig. 29 View FIGURES 27–32 ), T6 and STS 7+8 fused and base of epandrium prominent with small cerci and surstyli at the posterior end ( Figs 27–30 View FIGURES 27–32 ). Males of the known species have epandrium with broad division mid-dorsally (as in Fig. 491 View FIGURES 489–497 ). The male of M. guaramacalensis sp. nov. is unknown, but we believe its terminalia will be similar, since barcodes place this species very close to the other two species ( Fig. 488 View FIGURE 488 ). The anomala species-group has similar epandrium, cerci and surstyli, but the shape is much different ( Figs 99–100 View FIGURES 99–102 ). The few examined females of M. mexicana sp. nov. and M. spicata have one to four stout discal setae on T5 like in the aeneiventris species-group. The holotype and paratype (both female) of M. guaramacalensis sp. nov. do not have stout discal setae on T5.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Calliphoridae

Genus

Mesembrinella

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