Merosargus nebulifer, James, 1971

Fachin, Diego Aguilar, Zichinelli, Marcela Maria Parada & Barrett, Bolívar Rafael Garcete, 2022, An illustrated checklist of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Paraguay with three new synonyms and 22 new records of species for the country, Zootaxa 5190 (1), pp. 1-55 : 27

nebulifer James in James & McFadden, 1971

Merosargus nebulifer James in James & McFadden, 1971: 49; 56, fig. 22 (wing); 58, fig. 49 (male genitalia); 72 (in key to species). Holotype: male (CNC). Type locality: Peru, Madre de Dios, Avispas , 400 m.

References. James, 1973a: 26.14 (cat.); Woodley, 2001: 198 (cat.); Fachin & Amorim, 2015: 79, fig. 227 (antenna), 81, fig. 251 (wing), 82, fig. 277 (alula), 87, figs 312–313 (male genitalia), 92, fig. 348 (epandrium), 95, fig. 377 (genital fork), 98, fig. 399 (habitus dorsal, male).

Material examined. Paraguay: 1 ♂, [Itapúa], Pirapó , 30–31.xii.1971, L. Peña col. ( MZUSP; MZ015525 ) .

Distribution. Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay (Itapúa: Pirapó), Peru.

Comments. Of the 32 paratypes (22 males and 10 females) and the allotype mentioned in the original description, nine paratypes, sexes not stated, are deposited in the WSU collection (type number 848, see Zack 1984: 25) and 15 male and seven female paratypes and the allotype are housed in the CNC collection (see Cooper & Cumming 1993: 47). The depository institution of a single paratype remains unknown.