Mesorhaga lacrymans

Bickel, Daniel J., 2007, The Mesoamerican Mesorhaga (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a taxonomic conspectus of the New World fauna, Zootaxa 1411, pp. 47-67 : 52

The lacrymans group

The lacrymans group is characterized by:

1 First flagellomere subrectangular with dorsal arista.

2 Vein M with an almost right angle bend between dm-cu crossvein and apex ( Fig. 1 c). 3 Males and females often with large area of brown infuscation on wing ( Fig. 1 c), although sometimes faint or appearing smoky.

4 Males sometimes with black halters.

The lacrymans group comprises four Neotropical species occurring in forests (lowlands to elevations of 2000 m) along the Cordillera, and includes M. lacrymans ( Costa Rica and Panama), M. cocori ( Costa Rica), M. hule ( Costa Rica), M. sarukhani ( Costa Rica), and M. funebris ( Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela). All are treated below.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Mesorhaga lacrymans Parent: a. hypopygium, left lateral. b. male distal tarsus I, dorsal. c. male wing, dorsal. M. cocori n. sp.: d. hypopygium, left lateral. M. sarukhani n. sp.: e. hypopygium, left lateral. M. funebris Parent: f. hypopygium, left lateral. M. hule n. sp.: g. hypopygium, left lateral.