Mesembrinella bicolor (Fabricius, 1805)

Jaume-Schinkel, Santiago, 2021, New geographical records of Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea) in Mexico, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (4), pp. 741-746 : 743

Mesembrinella bicolor (Fabricius, 1805)

Musca bicolor Fabricius, 1805 ; important reference: Wiedemann 1830 (review and description of other characters).

Calliphora socors Walker, 1860 ; James 1970 says it’s a synonym of M. bicolor (Fabricius) .

Mesembrinella bicolor Giglio-Tos, 1893 ; Giglio-Tos 1895; Surcouf 1919; Aldrich 1922, 1925; Townsend 1931 (Reviewed type of Fabricius); Engel 1931; James 1970.

Ochromyia bicolor (Fabricius) : Surcouf 1919 (reviewed type of Fabricius) and determined the synonymy of Musca bicolor (Fabricius) .

Mesembrinella aeneiventris van der Wulp, 1896 ; van der Wulp 1903.

Mesembrinella transposita Séguy, 1925 ; synonymy determined by Guimarães (1977) and Peris & Mariluis (1984).

Huascaromusca bicolor Hall, 1948 ; synonymy determined by Guimarães (1977).

Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela. Mexico (Tamaulipas, Whitworth & Yusseff-Vanegas (2019)). This is the first record for Morelos and Veracruz.

Material examined. 2 males, 24-VIII-2017. Chicken carrion baited trap. Mexico, Morelos Yautepec. Low deciduous forest . 1 male 15-XI-2017. Chicken carrion baited trap. 1 male, 1 female 17-XI-2017, beef carrion baited trap. 1 male 25-VII-2018, chicken carrion baited trap, Mexico, Veracruz, Xalapa. Montane cloud forest. Santiago Jaume, col. [ IEXA]