Mesembrinella purpurata Aldrich, 1922

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 : 85-89

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( Figs 45–46 View FIGURES 41–46 , 135–136 View FIGURES 135–144 , 210 View FIGURES 209–215 , 253 View FIGURES 252–265 , 296 View FIGURES 294–299 , 340 View FIGURES 326–349 , 382 View FIGURES 370–400 , 425 View FIGURES 424–438 , 465 View FIGURES 465–469 )

Mesembrinella purpurata Aldrich, 1922: 16 . Holotype male (USNM), examined. Type locality: Espirito Santo, Brazil.

Huascaromusca purpurata: Peris & Mariluis (1984: 255) ; Kosmann et al. (2013: 77); Wolff et al. (2017: 253) View Cited Treatment ; Marinho et al. (2017: tab. 1).

Mesembrinella purpurata: Cerretti et al. (2017 : tab. 2).

Diagnosis. A medium-sized fly averaging 10.6 mm (10–11/5) in length; postpronotal setae 2x 2; subcostal sclerite bare; outer posthumeral seta absent; wing with well-defined macula along costa.

Redescription. Male. Head. Frons narrow, 0.018 (0.015 –0.020 /4) of head width at narrowest; fronto-orbital, frontal vitta and parafacial dull orange [holotype lacking tomentum, but better preserved specimens have whitish tomentum], frontal vitta reduced to thin strip about halfway to ocellar triangle; gena and postgena dull orange with whitish tomentum, gena with small brown setae and horizontal row of stout setae from postgena across to lower parafacial; postgena with long silky orange setae; palpus typical; antenna orange; first flagellomere with pale tomentum; occipital area with upper edge subshining black, remainder with silvery tomentum and fine pale setae; median occipital sclerite shiny black in upper area, orange in lower area; eye with median facets about 3x size of lateral facets; frontal setae ascending about 30% of distance to vertex; ocellar triangle orange with ocelli about equal in size; a few supravibrissal setae at base of facial ridge.

Thorax. Dorsum shiny orange-brown with whitish tomentum forming two stripes midway and with two anterolateral bare patches; pleura orange; chaetotaxy: ac 0:1, dc 2:3, ia 0, ph 0, ppn 2x 2, kat 2:1, meron with long, slender tan setae, 1 pair of converging ap setae, sa absent, 1 weak lat, 1 stout bas, 1 weak pb, 1 disc; subscutellum weakly developed; anterior spiracle yellow, posterior spiracle pale orange; legs: femora orange, apices of mid and hind femora darkened; tibiae and tarsi brown. Wing with well-defined infuscation along costa from base of subcosta to where R 2+3 joins costa, remainder hyaline; subcostal sclerite orange and bare; basicosta and tegula orange; section IV 0.20 of section III; upper calypter with center of disc tan, outer edge white, rim dark with short tan setae; disc of lower calypter tan, rim with long white setae.

Abdomen. Anterior half of T1+2 orange, remainder brown; T3–5 brown with pale tomentum and purple highlights. T1–4 each with pair of lateral setae; posterior margin of T4 with row of stout setae; disc of T5 with mid-dorsal horizontal row of stout setae, rest of disc with sparse, fine setae. Terminalia in lateral view with surstylus parallel-sided, long and slender, slightly expanded distally ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 41–46 ); in posterior view, surstylus long and slender with inward curve ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 41–46 ); phallus in left lateral view with epiphallus slender and curved posteriorly ( Fig. 135 View FIGURES 135–144 ); in dorsal view, hypophallic lobes slightly expanded ( Fig.136 View FIGURES 135–144 ); T6, STS7+8, pre- and postgonite, ejaculatory sclerite and ST6 as in Fig. 210 View FIGURES 209–215 ; sternites with ST 3–4 narrow ( Fig. 253 View FIGURES 252–265 ).

Female. Similar to male except frons wider, 0.225 (0.22–0.23/2) of head width at narrowest. T6 of RV shape; T7 divided midway; T8 as two separate sclerites; epiproct divided ( Fig. 296 View FIGURES 294–299 ); ST6–8 and hypoproct as in Fig. 340 View FIGURES 326–349 ; spermathecae filiform ( Fig. 382 View FIGURES 370–400 ); ST2–5 as in Fig. 425 View FIGURES 424–438 .

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ ( Brazil, Espirito Santo; USNM; Fig. 465 View FIGURES 465–469 ), labeled: T. María / 12.06.99 / M. Rodriguez; Espir. [= Espirito] / Santo; Mesembrinella / purpurata / Ald.; Type No. / 25825 [red label].

Remarks. The holotype is in fairly good condition, but the head lacks the whitish tomentum seen on better specimens; the antenna is missing on one side and the arista is missing on the other.

Additional material examined. Brazil, São Paulo. 2 ♂♂*, 1 ♂, Estacão Biológica Boracéia, Salesópolis , 16.iii.1972, J.H. Guimarães ( USNM) ; 1 ♀, same data except 30.iv.2011, DZ, IBUSP ( USNM); same data except ♀ ♦ ( TLW390 ) ( USNM) . Peru, Huánuco. 1 ♀ *, T. Maria, 17.vi.1999, M. Rodriguez ( CEUA) . Cusco. 1 ♀, Quin- cemil, 1–15.xi. 1962, 700 m, L. Pena ( CNC) .

Distribution. Brazil. Guimar„es (1977) also listed it from Ecuador and Peru.

Remarks. No specimens were barcoded.

RV	Collection of Leptospira Strains
USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
CNC	Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Calliphoridae
SubFamily	Mesembrinellinae
Genus	Mesembrinella