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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF52610681DFD570" bold="true" box="[151,412,1069,1095]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Mesorhaga mexicana</emphasis>
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(
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f)
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material
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.
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ɗ,
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MORELOS, Cuernavaca,
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, R.R. Driesbach (
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).
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF03618B81EFD58D" bold="true" box="[198,428,1184,1210]" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Description. Male</emphasis>
: body length:
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; wing: 3.0 x
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: 23 strong postvertical setae present, in line with the postoculars; strong proclinate vertical present on lateral frons; vertex, frons, face, and clypeus metallic blue-green, covered with silvery pruinosity; clypeus narrowed distally and adjacent to margins of eyes; palp and proboscis brown; scape and pedicel black (first flagellomere missing); ventral postcranium with abundant white setae.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF0360438158D4B6" box="[198,283,1384,1409]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Thorax</emphasis>
: metallic green with bronze reflections; setae black; pleura with some grey pruinosity; ac as 4 offset pairs of setae; lateral scutellar setae about quarter length of medians.
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coxae, trochanters and femora, and leg III dark brown; tibiae and basitarsi I and II yellow, with their distal tarsomere brown; CI and CII with whitish anterior hairs, CIII with white lateral seta; femora with av and pv rows of white ventral setae. I: 3.6; 3.6; 2.0/ 0.7/ 0.5/ 0.3/ 0.3. II: 4.4; 4.6; 3.0/ 1.2/ 0.8/ 0.5/ 0.3. III: 5.0; 5.7; 2.2/ 1.9/ 1.0/ 0.7/ 0.5; TIII with short dorsal setae.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF036373814ED746" box="[198,269,1624,1649]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Wing:</emphasis>
unusually broad, almost half as wide as long; M with gentle curve at 1/2 between m-cu crossvein and wing apex; CuAx ratio: 0.8; lower calypter pale yellow, with black rim and fan of black setae; halter stalk brown, club black.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF0363FB817DD7DE" box="[198,318,1744,1769]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Abdomen:</emphasis>
metallic blue-green with bronze reflections, covered with short, dark setae dorsally and pale setae ventrally; with dark, bronze-brown bands present on tergal overlap of segments 26; tergum 1 with posterolateral row of long black setae; hypopygium (
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f) dark brown; hypandrium expanded apically to form hood; phallus elongate and narrow; epandrial lobe ovate, with setae at 1/2 and ¾, with strong basal seta; surstylus rather short, with setae as figured; cercus thick basally, curved and greatly expanded apically, clavate, with groups of elongate subapical setae as figured.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF0362948168D6EE" bold="true" box="[198,299,1983,2009]" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Female:</emphasis>
unknown.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF0365BC8103D186" bold="true" box="[198,320,151,177]" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFE9565B3820ED186" box="[336,589,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Mesorhaga mexicana</emphasis>
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is known only from the
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locality in Morelos,
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. The wing on this species is wider than usual, the width being almost half the wing length, while in most
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species, the wing width is about one third of the wing length.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF52647481E7D04E" bold="true" box="[151,420,351,377]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Mesorhaga minatitlan</emphasis>
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(
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a)
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material
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.
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ɗ,
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<collectingCountry id="5B8C765EFF8C043DFE3764848211D0FE" box="[498,594,431,457]" name="Mexico" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Mexico</collectingCountry>
:
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VERACRUZ:
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,
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, R. &amp;. K. Driesbach (
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF0364FC81EFD0C6" bold="true" box="[198,428,471,497]" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Description. Male</emphasis>
: body length:
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; wing: 3.7 x
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.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF03672B814CD32E" box="[198,271,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Head:</emphasis>
23 strong postvertical setae present, in line with the postoculars; proclinate vertical seta on lateral frons; vertex, frons, face, and clypeus metallic blue-green, covered with silvery pruinosity; clypeus narrowed distally and adjacent to margins of eyes; palp and proboscis dark brown-yellowish; antenna black; 1st flagellomere subrectangular; arista dorsal, about as long as head height; ventral postcranium with abundant black setae.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF0367E08166D3D3" box="[198,293,715,740]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Thorax:</emphasis>
metallic green with bronze reflections; setae black; pleura with some grey pruinosity; ac present as single, irregular row of 5 setae, anteriormost paired, with single row of 3 posterior setae; lateral scutellar setae about 1/4 length of medians.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF03666880BED26B" box="[198,253,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Legs</emphasis>
: all coxae and trochanters brown; FI yellow, FII and FIII brown; tibiae and basal tarsomeres yellow, distal tarsomeres brown; CI and CII with black anterior hairs, CIII with black lateral seta;.I: 3.6; 3.6; 1.9/ 0.8/ 0.5/ 0.4/ 0.4; It5 slightly wider than t5 on legs II and III. II: 4.2; 4.8; 3.0/ 1.2/ 0.8/ 0.5/ 0.4. III: 5.0; 6.0; 2.3/ 1.8/ 1.2/ 0.6/ 0.4; TIII with some short, dorsal setae.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF0366CD814ED2C8" box="[198,269,998,1023]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Wing:</emphasis>
hyaline; M with distinct curve at 1/2 between m-cu crossvein and wing apex; CuAx ratio: 0.9; lower calypter brown, with black rim and fan of black setae; halter black.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF03611D817DD578" box="[198,318,1078,1103]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Abdomen:</emphasis>
metallic blue-green with bronze reflections and covered with short dark setae dorsally and pale setae ventrally; dark bronze-brown bands present on tergal overlap of segments 26; tergum 1 with posterolateral row of long black setae (MSSC); hypopygium (
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a) dark brown; phallus and hypandrium elongate and narrow; epandrial lobes ovate, with setae near apex, and strong seta near base; surstylus with 3 arms and setae as figured; cercus curved and distally expanded, with group of strong distal setae.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF0361D68168D420" bold="true" box="[198,299,1277,1303]" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Female:</emphasis>
unknown.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFF03600E8103D408" bold="true" box="[198,320,1317,1343]" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFE8B600D8210D408" box="[334,595,1318,1343]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Mesorhaga minatitlan</emphasis>
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is known only from the
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locality in lowland Veracruz,
<collectingCountry id="5B8C765EFF8C043DFAC2600D8527D477" box="[1287,1380,1318,1344]" name="Mexico" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">Mexico</collectingCountry>
. It is close to the Costa Rican
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8C043DFE7C60658217D450" box="[441,596,1358,1383]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="64">M. villanuevi</emphasis>
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in hypopygial structure and venation.
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