Mesembrinella obscura ( Wolff, 2017 )

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 : 85

Mesembrinella obscura ( Wolff, 2017)

Huascaromusca obscura Wolff in Wolff et al., 2017: 253 . Holotype male (CEUA), not examined. Type locality: Vereda La Floresta , Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia.

Mesembrinella obscura: Cerretti et al. (2017 : tab. 2).

Diagnosis. Postpronotal lobe with 3x 3 setae; subcostal sclerite bare; legs entirely dark; spiracles black; ac 0:1; outer ph 1.

Redescription. [Summarized from Wolff et al. (2017).] Male. A medium-sized dark blue fly with bright blue reflections. Frons 0.058 (0.044–0.69/8) of head width at narrowest. Scutellar chaetotaxy: 1 ap, 1 bas, 1 pb, 1 disc. Wing mostly hyaline, with slight darkening at base and around crossvein r-m. Epandrium, cerci and surstyli and other characters as in Wolff et al. (2017: figs 5–11).

Female. Wolff et al. (2017) give female frons width at narrowest as 0.238 (0.228 –0.250 /10). Terminalia not illustrated or described in detail.

Material examined. None (no specimens could be obtained for examination).

Distribution. Colombia.