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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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
.