Mesomelena mesomelaena ( Loew, 1848 )

Zhang, Ming, Xu, Wen-Tian, Pape, Thomas, Pei, Wen-Ya & Zhang, Dong, 2021, Flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Kalamaili Mountain Ungulate Nature Reserve (China: Xinjiang): checklist and description of four new species, Zootaxa 5063 (1), pp. 1-95 : 11

5. Mesomelena mesomelaena ( Loew, 1848) *

( Figs 8–9 )

Material examined. Xinjiang, Altay, Kalamaili— 26 ♂♂: 24‒29.IV.2015, MZ & CW leg.; 1 ♀: 9.V.2015, MZ & CW leg.; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀: 11.V.2015, MZ & CW leg.; 3 ♀♀: 13‒14.V.2015, MZ & CW leg.; 2 ♀♀: 15.V.2015, MZ leg.; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: 16.V.2015, MZ & CW leg.; 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀: 17.V.2015, MZ & CW leg.

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Neimenggu, Xinjiang). Europe, Northwest Asia, Central Asia, Mongolia, East Asia.

Remarks. Identification was based on Rohdendorf (1975: 185‒186), Fan (1992: 607‒609), and Piwczyński et al. (2017: suppl. fig. A1).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Mesomelena mesomelaena (Loew, 1848), male, Xinjiang, Altay, Kalamaili, 29.IV.2015, MZ & CW leg. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, lateral view. C. Head, anterior view. D. Head, anterolateral view. E. Right wing, dorsal view. F. Abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 2.0 mm, B–D = 0.5 mm, E, F = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 9. Mesomelena mesomelaena (Loew, 1848), female, Xinjiang, Altay, Kalamaili, 11.V.2015, MZ & CW leg. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, lateral view. C. Head, anterior view. D. Head, anterolateral view. E. Right wing, dorsal view. F. Abdomen, dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 2.0 mm, B–D = 0.5 mm, E, F = 0.5 mm.