Mesembrinella bolivar (Bonatto in Bonatto & Marinoni, 2005)

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 : 58

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scientific name	Mesembrinella bolivar
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Key to species of the M. bolivar species-group

1 Male with cercus and surstylus in lateral view not widely separated in lateral view (Bonatto & Marinoni, fig. 11); base of cercus not enlarged, without dense comb of setae (as in Fig. 37 View FIGURES 33–38 ); ST5 of typical shape ( Bonatto & Marinoni 2005: fig. 13)....... 2

- Male with cercus and surstylus widely separated in lateral view ( Figs. 31 View FIGURES 27–32 , 33 View FIGURES 33–38 ); base of cercus enlarged, with dense comb of setae posteriorly ( Figs 31–34 View FIGURES 27–32 View FIGURES 33–38 ); ST5 of unusual shape ( Figs 247–248 View FIGURES 239–251 )................................................. 3

2 Legs mostly brown, except femora orange with apical 1/4 reddish-brown; spiracles orange; wing infuscated along anterior edge of costa up to R 2+3; surstylus and cercus broader ( Bonatto & Marinoni 2005: figs 13–14)...................... M. bolivar

- Legs, including femora dark brown; anterior spiracle yellow-orange, posterior spiracle dark brown; wing hyaline; cells near base of wing darkened, veins with faint darkening; epandrium with surstylus and cercus narrower ( Wolff et al. 2017: figs 10–11)..................................................................................... M. carvalhoi

3 Tip of T5 orange in both sexes, larger in male. Male: epandrium orange ( Fig. 492 View FIGURES 489–497 ); terminalia as in Figs 31–32 View FIGURES 27–32 ; female terminalia as in Fig. 291............................................................. M View FIGURES 288–293 . epandrioaurantia sp. nov.

- Tip of T5 and epandrium shining blue, concolorous with rest of abdomen ( Fig. 461 View FIGURES 460–464 ); epandrium, cerci and surstyli as in Figs 33–34 View FIGURES 33–38 ; [female unknown].............................................................. M. woodorum sp. nov.

References

Bonatto, S. R. & Marinoni, L. (2005) Generos e especies novos de Mesembrinellinae (Diptera, Calliphoridae) da Costa Rica e Venezuela. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 22, 883 - 890. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 8175200500040001 2

Wolff, M., Ramos-Pastrana, Y., Marinho, M. A. T. & Amorim, D. d. S. (2017) Two new species of Huascaromusca Townsend from Colombia, and a new combination for Giovanella carvalhoi (Diptera: Mesembrinellidae). Zootaxa, 4231 (2), 251 - 263. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4231.2. 7

Figures

FIGURES 33–38. Left lateral and posterior views of epandrium, cerci and surstyli of Mesembrinella spp. 33–34. M. woodorum sp. nov. 35–36. M. aeneiventris (Wiedemann). 37–38. M. bolivar (Bonatto).

FIGURES 27–32. Left lateral and posterior views of epandrium, cerci and surstyli of Mesembrinella spp. 27–28. M. mexicana sp. nov. 29–30. M. spicata Aldrich. 31–32. M. epandrioaurantia sp. nov.

FIGURES 239–251. Male sternites of Lanella spp. 239. L. fusconitida sp. nov. 240. L. fuscosquamata sp. nov. 241. L. nigripes Guimar„es 242. L. perisi (Mariluis). 243. L. purpurea sp. nov. 244. M. latifrons (Mello). 245. M. mexicana sp. nov. 246. M. spicata Aldrich. 247. M. epandrioaurantia sp. nov. 248. M. woodorum sp. nov. 249. M. aeneiventris (Wiedemann). 250. M. decrepita Séguy. 251. M. lara (Bonatto) (ST5 only).

FIGURES 489–497. Diagnostic characters of Mesembrinella spp. 489. Dorsal view of stem vein of wing of M. bellardiana Aldrich showing stem vein setose. 490. Detail of wing of M. batesi Aldrich in ventral view, showing setose condition of subcostal sclerite. 491. Epandrium of M. mexicana sp. nov. in posterior view, showing broad dorsal division found in M. spicata group. 492. Detail of abdomen of male M. epandrioaurantia sp. nov., showing orange color of rear segments. 493. Detail of dorsal habitus of M. socors (Walker), showing triangle of bluish cuticle on hind margin T3. 494. Wing of M. pictipennis Aldrich, showing pattern of infuscation. 495. Posterodorsal habitus of male M. townsendi Guimar„es, showing wing pattern and stripes on thorax. 496. Detail of male abdomen of M. anomala (Guimar„es), showing relative lengths of T4 and T5. 497. Same as previous, showing modification of T6, STS7+8 and epandrium.

FIGURES 288–293. Female terminalia (T6–T8, epiproct, cerci) of Mesembrinella spp., dorsal view. 288. M. guaramacalensis sp. nov. 289. M. mexicana sp. nov. 290. M. spicata Aldrich. 291. M. epandrioaurantia sp. nov. 292. M. aeneiventris (Wiedemann). 293. M. decrepita Séguy.

FIGURES 460–464. Lateral habitus and labels of holotypes. 460. Mesembrinella epandrioaurantia sp. nov. (MJMO). 461. M. woodorum sp. nov. (CNC). 462. M. bolivar (Bonatto) (USNM). 463. M. lara (Bonatto) (USNM). 464. M. nigrocoerulea sp. nov. (INBIO).