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group
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The
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group is recognizable by the absence of postocellar and outer vertical bristles (thus with only inner vertical bristles on the upper back of the head) and, with a few exceptions (
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,
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<emphasis id= "B90648316F75FF980ACAFB80FDA1FBA5" box= "[395,529,1087,1113]" italics= "true" pageId= "11" pageNumber= "12" > M. albiseta</emphasis>
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,
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), the presence of a greatly enlarged, pointed katatergite.
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Upper fronto-orbital bristle usually absent (minute in
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, well developed only in
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<emphasis id= "B90648316F75FF980BFCFB3EFEC2FAEB" box= "[189,370,1277,1303]" italics= "true" pageId= "11" pageNumber= "12" > M. obtusiconus</emphasis>
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); lower fronto-orbital strong or weak, usually inserted in a patch of microtrichia near lower point of epicephalon. Prosternum usually microtrichose and with at least a few fine setulae anteriorly, bare in
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<emphasis id= "B90648316F75FF980AD4FA84FDBEFAA2" box= "[405,526,1348,1374]" italics= "true" pageId= "11" pageNumber= "12" > M. suzukii</emphasis>
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Wing usually evenly infuscated but sometimes with clear or dark areas; one species (
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) has dark wings with clear discal spots similar to those in species of the
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group.
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Stems of paired spermathecae usually characteristically folded with multiple processes (except
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and
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); paired spermathecal duct divided into basal and distal sections (except
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) and arising from apex of narrowed distal part (common duct) of bursa; in almost all species the single spermathecal duct arises from side of the common duct, widely separated from the paired duct.
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Tergite and sternite 6 well developed, S6 very large (except in
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). Anterior hypandrial loop narrow and ribbon-like, in contrast to broad scoop-like anterior hypandrium of other species groups. Distal distiphallus usually very long and slender, much longer than basal distiphallus (shorter in
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).
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Other than the Central American species
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, members of this species group occur only in Andean South America.
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<emphasis id= "B90648316F72FF9F0BFCFECBFE9FFED9" bold= "true" box= "[189,303,267,293]" pageId= "12" pageNumber= "13" > Remarks</emphasis>
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<emphasis id= "B90648316F72FF9F0BFCFEFAFE15FEAF" box= "[189,421,313,339]" italics= "true" pageId= "12" pageNumber= "13" > Mesoconius suzukii</emphasis>
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is included in the
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<emphasis id= "B90648316F72FF9F09B7FEFAFCD3FEAF" box= "[758,867,314,339]" italics= "true" pageId= "12" pageNumber= "13" > M. eques</emphasis>
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group because of its head chaetotaxy, even though it lacks the many other putative synapomorphies found in the remainder of the species group. Sequence data (
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) suggest that
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does not belong with the rest of the group. The placement of
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<emphasis id= "B90648316F72FF9F0A1BFE64FE45FE41" box= "[346,501,419,445]" italics= "true" pageId= "12" pageNumber= "13" > M. rufithorax</emphasis>
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also needs re-assessment on the basis of more and better specimens. With the exception of these two problematic species, the
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<emphasis id= "B90648316F72FF9F09B4FE07FCD0FE1C" box= "[757,864,455,480]" italics= "true" pageId= "12" pageNumber= "13" > M. eques</emphasis>
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group is strongly supported as monophyletic on the basis of the elaborate spermathecal stems, the large and elongate male S6 and the elongate distal distiphallus.
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