Mesoconius fulvus Enderlein, 1922

Marshall, Stephen A., 2019, A revision of the genus Mesoconius Enderlein (Diptera, Micropezidae, Taeniapterinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 548, pp. 1-126 : 60

Mesoconius fulvus Enderlein, 1922

Fig. 23C

Mesoconius fulvus Enderlein, 1922: 177 .

Diagnosis (based on holotype only)

Length about 16 mm. Colour almost entirely bright orange, except as follows: frontal vitta forming a brown triangle with a diffuse anterior margin just in front of anterior ocellus; frons from there forward yellow. Fore tarsus and apex of fore tibia yellow, balance of fore tarsus and an apical dorsal patch on fore femur black. Hind tarsus brown with dark setulae, ventral surface of first tarsomere paler. Wing lightly but evenly yellowish infuscated. Abdominal segments 1–3 petiolate. Sternite 8 more shiny and more sclerotized than preceeding sclerites, much larger than epandrium. Posterolateral corners of T2 and T3 black.

Material examined

Holotype

ECUADOR • ♂; Tungurahua Province, Santa Inéz; R. Haensch leg.; MNBG.

According to Dupérré (2014), R. Haensch was an insect vendor who lived in Berlin and collected specimens from Ecuador. Santa Inéz is at an altitude of 1250 m a.s.l. Haensch also collected the holotype of Mesoconius aeripennis Enderlein, 1922 (= M. eques Schiner, 1868 ), at Baños, Ecuador.

Remarks

Mesoconius fulvus seems to be closely related to the sympatric M. ujhelyianus Enderlein, 1922 , from which it differs in the absence of black bands on the mid and hind tibia.

Figures

Fig. 23. A–B. Mesoconius flavipes Enderlein, 1922, holotype, ♂, MNBG. — C. M. fulvus Enderlein, 1922, holotype, ♂, MNBG. — D–F. M. garleppi Enderlein, 1922, holotype, ♂, MNBG.