A revision of the genera and species of the Neotropical family Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea)
Author
Whitworth, Terry L.
Author
Yusseff-Vanegas, Sohath
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-26
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journal article
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Mesembrinella aeneiventris
species-group
Recognition.
The primary shared character state in the
M
.
aeneiventris
species-group is disc of T5 with a horizontal row of stout setae (
Fig. 8
); remainder of T5 usually with short, fine setae and setulae. In most species, the male has surstylus straight or only slightly curved posteriorly (as in
Fig. 45
), whereas in the
M
.
bicolor
species-group the surstylus typically has a distinctive curve posteriorly (
M. cordillera
,
M. vogelsangi
and
M. zurquiensis
in the
M
.
aeneiventris
species-group have surstylus with a more distinct curve directed posteriorly). The area of the phallus anterior to the hypophallic lobes tends to be narrowed (
Fig. 146
), similar to
Laneella
.