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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF920423FF5261AE81F4D5A8" bold="true" box="[151,439,1157,1183]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mesorhaga falciunguis</emphasis>
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(
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b-c)
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF920423FF5261FB810AD5DD" bold="true" box="[151,329,1232,1258]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
<typeStatus id="FC20886CFF920423FF5261FB8091D5DD" box="[151,210,1232,1258]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Type</typeStatus>
material
</emphasis>
.
<typeStatus id="FC20886CFF920423FEA861FB8199D5DD" box="[365,474,1232,1258]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
ɗ,
<typeStatus id="FC20886CFF920423FDCA61FB8237D5DD" box="[527,628,1232,1258]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
Ψ,
<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF920423FD6C61FB834DD5DD" bold="true" box="[681,782,1232,1258]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
<collectingCountry id="5B8C765EFF920423FD6C61FB834AD5DD" box="[681,777,1232,1258]" name="Mexico" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mexico</collectingCountry>
:
</emphasis>
MORELOS:
<quantity id="E4639B2BFF920423FC6061FB8453D5DD" box="[933,1040,1232,1258]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.4717696" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="mi" value="34.0">34 miles</quantity>
south of Cuernavaca,
<quantity id="E4639B2BFF920423FAFE61FB85DBD5DD" box="[1339,1432,1232,1258]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.9248" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="ft" value="2600.0">2600 ft</quantity>
,
<date id="5725100EFF920423FF5261D3815BD425" box="[151,280,1272,1298]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" value="1954-08-04">4.viii.1954</date>
, J.G. Chillcott (
<collectionCode id="458AAE0BFF920423FE1861D3825CD425" box="[477,543,1272,1298]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y2kv-9w3k" name="Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">CNC</collectionCode>
);
<typeStatus id="FC20886CFF920423FDFC61D382EDD425" box="[569,686,1272,1298]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
: Ψ,
<quantity id="E4639B2BFF920423FD2061D3830ED425" box="[741,845,1272,1298]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9312128" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="mi" value="12.0">12 miles</quantity>
east of Cuernavaca,
<quantity id="E4639B2BFF920423FBA661D384FDD425" box="[1123,1214,1272,1298]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.34112" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="ft" value="4400.0">4400 ft</quantity>
,
<date id="5725100EFF920423FB0A61D3851CD425" box="[1231,1375,1272,1298]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" value="1954-08-14">14.viii.1954</date>
, J.G. Chillcott (
<collectionCode id="458AAE0BFF920423FECA600B8112D40D" box="[271,337,1312,1338]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/y2kv-9w3k" name="Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">CNC</collectionCode>
); 2 ɗ, Cuernavaca,
<date id="5725100EFF920423FD85600B82B7D40D" box="[576,756,1312,1338]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" value="1961-07-12" valueMax="1961-07-19" valueMin="1961-07-12">12–19.vii.1961</date>
, R.R. Driesbach (
<collectionCode id="458AAE0BFF920423FC0E600B844AD40D" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" box="[971,1033,1312,1338]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">CAS</collectionCode>
); ɗ, Ψ,
<quantity id="E4639B2BFF920423FBB6600B8489D40D" box="[1139,1226,1312,1338]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.656064" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="mi" value="6.0">6 miles</quantity>
north of Cuernavaca,
<quantity id="E4639B2BFF920423FF2660638178D455" box="[227,315,1352,1378]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4384" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="ft" value="8000.0">8000 ft</quantity>
.,
<date id="5725100EFF920423FE896063819FD455" box="[332,476,1352,1378]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" value="1954-08-15">15.viii.1954</date>
, R.R. Driesbach (
<collectionCode id="458AAE0BFF920423FD69606382A8D455" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" box="[684,747,1352,1378]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">CAS</collectionCode>
); 6 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Cuernavaca,
<date id="5725100EFF920423FBCC606384CAD455" box="[1033,1161,1352,1378]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" value="1938-08-01">1.viii.1938</date>
, L.J. Lipovsky (
<collectionCode id="458AAE0BFF920423FA8D606385C4D455" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" box="[1352,1415,1352,1378]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">CAS</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="232436CEFF920423FF03605B8220D4ED" blockId="15.[151,1436,1232,2022]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF920423FF03605B8183D4BD" bold="true" box="[198,448,1392,1418]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Additional material</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF920423FE14605B8275D4BD" bold="true" box="[465,566,1392,1418]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
<collectingCountry id="5B8C765EFF920423FE14605B8272D4BD" box="[465,561,1392,1418]" name="Mexico" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mexico</collectingCountry>
:
</emphasis>
DISTRITO FEDERAL: ɗ,
<collectingCountry id="5B8C765EFF920423FC9B605B83F4D4BD" box="[862,951,1392,1418]" name="Mexico" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Mexico</collectingCountry>
City,
<quantity id="E4639B2BFF920423FBC1605B8423D4BD" box="[1028,1120,1392,1418]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4384" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="ft" value="8000.0">8000 ft</quantity>
.,
<date id="5725100EFF920423FBB6605B8547D4BD" box="[1139,1284,1392,1418]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" value="1954-08-16">16.viii.1954</date>
, R.R. Driesbach (
<collectionCode id="458AAE0BFF920423FF1B60B3815ED485" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" box="[222,285,1432,1458]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">CAS</collectionCode>
). MORELOS: ɗ, Yecapixtla,
<date id="5725100EFF920423FDA460B382ABD485" box="[609,744,1432,1458]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" value="1970-07-11">11.vii.1970</date>
, J. &amp; M. Sedlacek (
<collectionCode id="458AAE0BFF920423FC0860B38466D485" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" box="[973,1061,1432,1458]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34697" name="Bishop Museum" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">BPBM</collectionCode>
); possible Ψ, Amecameca,
<quantity id="E4639B2BFF920423FAA460B380EFD4ED" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4384" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="ft" value="8000.0">8000 ft</quantity>
,
<date id="5725100EFF920423FF7260EB8104D4ED" box="[183,327,1472,1498]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" value="1956-08-17">17.viii.1956</date>
, R.R. Driesbach (
<collectionCode id="458AAE0BFF920423FDD260EB8215D4ED" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" box="[535,598,1472,1498]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">CAS</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6B816545FF92043CFF0360C384B8D3A3" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" type="description">
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF920423FF0360C381EFD735" bold="true" box="[198,428,1512,1538]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Description. Male</emphasis>
: body length:
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; wing: 3.3 x
<quantity id="E4639B2BFF920423FC4360C383A0D735" box="[902,995,1512,1538]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" pageId="15" pageNumber="62" unit="mm" value="1.3">1.3 mm</quantity>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="232436CEFF920423FF03633A8510D795" blockId="15.[151,1436,1232,2022]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF920423FF03633A8145D71D" box="[198,262,1553,1578]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Head</emphasis>
: 2 strong postvertical setae present in line with the postoculars; weak proclinate vertical present on lateral frons; vertex, frons, face, and clypeus metallic blue-green, with some silvery pruinosity; clypeus slightly narrowed distally; palp dark brown, with apical seta; proboscis brown; antenna black; pedicel with long ventral seta; 1st flagellomere subrectangular; arista dorsal; l postcranium ventrally with pale setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="232436CEFF920423FF03639B8283D62D" blockId="15.[151,1436,1232,2022]" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF920423FF03639B8166D7FE" box="[198,293,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Thorax:</emphasis>
metallic green with bronze reflections; pleura with some grey pruinosity; ac absent, present as single pair long setae anteriorly, or as single pair of anterior setae and 2–3 unpaired setae posteriad; lateral scutellar setae about quarter length of medians.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="232436CEFF92043CFF036203809AD1ED" blockId="15.[151,1436,1232,2022]" lastBlockId="16.[151,1437,152,980]" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF920423FF0362038144D676" box="[198,263,1832,1857]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Legs:</emphasis>
all coxae, trochanters, FI and FII almost to apices, and all leg III dark brown; femoral apices, tibiae and basitarsi I and II yellowish; distal tarsomeres I and II dark brown; CI and CII with pale anterior hairs and black anterolateral setae; CIII with black lateral seta and some shorter whitish setae; all tibiae bare of major setae, but covered with short, almost erect setae. I: 3.6; 3.4; 3.0/ 0.8/ 0.4/ 0.2/ 0.3; FI with pale ventral setae on basal three-quarters; It5 with posterior claw (
<figureCitation id="BBA02A4BFF920423FD0462E38345D6D5" box="[705,774,1992,2018]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="13.[151,255,1715,1739]" captionTargetBox="[269,1304,204,1676]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1323,194,1691]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 2. Mesorhaga adunca Van Duzee a. hypopygium, left lateral. M. falciunguis n. sp.: b. hypopygium, left lateral; c. male distal tarsus I, posterior. M. villanuevi n. sp.: d. hypopygium, left lateral." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175601/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="62">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
c) greatly enlarged and curved (MSSC). II: 4.6; 5.5; 3.5/ 1.5/ 1.0/ 0.7/ 0.5; FII with white av and pv setae. III: 5.5; 6.5; 2.7/ 2.1/ 1.3/ 0.7/ 0.5; FIII with white av and pv setae.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF0365C38142D036" box="[198,257,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Wing</emphasis>
: with faint brown wash over wing anteriad of vein R4+5; M with right-angle curve at 1/3 between dm-cu crossvein and wing apex; CuAx ratio: 0.8; lower calypter yellow, with black rim and fan of black setae; halter black.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="232436CEFF8D043CFF03644884F3D32B" blockId="16.[151,1437,152,980]" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF036448817DD04B" box="[198,318,355,380]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Abdomen:</emphasis>
terga 1–4 metallic blue-green with bronze reflections, covered with short dark setae dorsally and pale setae laterally; tergum 1 with posterolateral black setae; terga 5–6 black, with bronze reflections, expanded and rounded ventrally with abundant black setae; hypopygium (
<figureCitation id="BBA02A4BFF8D043CFBCA64998414D0FB" box="[1039,1111,434,460]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="13.[151,255,1715,1739]" captionTargetBox="[269,1304,204,1676]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[264,1323,194,1691]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 2. Mesorhaga adunca Van Duzee a. hypopygium, left lateral. M. falciunguis n. sp.: b. hypopygium, left lateral; c. male distal tarsus I, posterior. M. villanuevi n. sp.: d. hypopygium, left lateral." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175601/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
b) dark brown; phallus and hypandrium elongate and narrow; epandrial lobe ovate, with setae at 3/4 and apex, strong seta basally; surstylus with 2 arms and setae as figured; cercus slightly curved and tapering, apically clavate.
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF0367018168D373" bold="true" box="[198,299,554,580]" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Female:</emphasis>
similar to male except: 4 postvertical setae present; vertical seta strong; ac also with single pair of anterior setae and 4 unpaired almost uniseriate setae posteriad; femora ventrally bare; tibiae also bare of major setae and covered with short, almost erect setae; claws of leg I unmodified; halter yellow.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6B816545FF8D043CFF0367898107D2E3" pageId="16" pageNumber="63" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFF0367898103D38B" bold="true" box="[198,320,674,700]" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E49B4D4DFF8D043CFE8867888219D38B" box="[333,602,675,700]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Mesorhaga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="falciunguis">
<emphasis id="11EFEADCFF8D043CFE8867888219D38B" box="[333,602,675,700]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="63">Mesorhaga falciunguis</emphasis>
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occurs above
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in the Central Plateau of
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, from the Federal District to Morelos. Males have a long, sickle-shaped posterior claw on leg I (
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c), hence the specific epithet from the Latin,
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for sickle,
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for claw. Also of interest, neither sex has strong setae on the tibiae, unusual for the genus.
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A badly damaged series of
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[
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: west slope of Popocatepetl,
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,
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, J. &amp; M. Sedlacek (BPBM)] is close to
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,
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but the male posterior claw on leg I is short. Either these specimens represent a related undescribed species, or
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shows intraspecific variation in the claw length of leg I.
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