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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCEBA55FECD8438770DF8F2" box="[264,372,1876,1899]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Eomedina</emphasis>
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: 651
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[original description].
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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FECD827077EFFEAC" box="[264,406,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Recognition</emphasis>
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Within the Old World
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(the concept of the tribe
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adopted here follows
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B17FFCDBA56FEAD8200746BFE1F" author="Mesnil" box="[360,530,364,390]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" refString="Mesnil, L. P. (1939) Essai sur les Tachinaires (Larvevoridae). Monographies publiees par les Stations et Laboratoires de Recherches Agronomiques, 7, 1 - 67, 2 pls." type="journal article" year="1939">Mesnil (1939)</bibRefCitation>
,
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and
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, specimens of
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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FB9A820072AFFE1C" box="[1119,1238,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Eomedina</emphasis>
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can be identified by the following combination of characters: %Ψ
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. Eye bare. Ocellar setae well developed, proclinate. One or 2 upper reclinate orbital setae. Facial ridge straight or convex with stout, erect setae over most of its length (
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). Occiput flat or slightly concave.
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FEBC816077B4FDBC" box="[377,461,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Thorax</emphasis>
. Scutum with 2 + 3 dorsocentral setae, 0 + 3 intraalar setae. Scutellum with apical setae horizontal, divergent or sub­parallel; lateral scutellar setae clearly shorter and weaker than the subapical pair.
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FD6C81307499FDEC" box="[681,736,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Legs</emphasis>
. Fore tibia with 2 posterior setae. Mid tibia with 1 anterodorsal seta.
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FE1981E8746EFD04" box="[476,535,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Wing</emphasis>
. Cell r4+5 open or just closed at wing margin.
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FBF081E872DAFD04" box="[1077,1187,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Abdomen</emphasis>
. Middorsal depression on abdominal syntergite 1+2 confined to the anterior 1/22/3 of the segment. Tergites 35 with median discal setae.
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Ψ: with or without proclinate orbital setae. Outer vertical setae not differentiated from the postocular setae. Mid­ventral parts of abdominal tergites 3 and 4 without short thornlike setae. Ovipositor blunt and scoop­like (
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).
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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FECD80CD77EEFC23" box="[264,407,929,954]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Distribution</emphasis>
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Presently known from
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(Waterloo),
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,
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(Bukama, Stanleyville),
<collectingCountry id="F3707676FFCDBA56FDB9809D74B0FB92" box="[636,713,1009,1035]" name="Kenya" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Kenya</collectingCountry>
(Rabai),
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FECD875B752FFBC9" box="[264,854,1079,1104]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Existing keys for the identification of specimens of</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BD836E6FFCDBA56FEFD8733723CFB38" blockId="2.[264,1323,1079,1185]" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B17FFCDBA56FEFD8733779AFBE0" author="Mesnil" box="[312,483,1119,1145]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Mesnil, L. P. (1960) 64 g. Larvaevorinae (Tachininae). Teil 2: Phorocerini. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.), Die Fliegen der palaarktischen Region. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, pp. 561 - 656." type="book chapter" year="1960">Mesnil (1960)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B17FFCDBA56FE35873374C1FBE0" author="Crosskey" box="[496,696,1119,1145]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" refString="Crosskey, R. W. (1984) Annotated keys to the genera of Tachinidae (Diptera) found in tropical and southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 26 (1), 189 - 337." type="journal article" year="1984">Crosskey (1984)</bibRefCitation>
. It is necessary to modify couplet 15 on page 266 of Crosskeys key as follows: Ψ with 01 pairs of proclinate orbital setae.
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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FECD87A07717FB7C" box="[264,366,1228,1253]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Remarks</emphasis>
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mentioned in the Introduction, the genus
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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FCB787987590FA94" box="[882,1001,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Eomedina</emphasis>
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appears to belong to the
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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FECD86707718FAAC" box="[264,353,1308,1333]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Medina</emphasis>
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genus­group (
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FDCA86707429FAAC" box="[527,592,1308,1333]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B17FFCDBA56FD9D86707480FAAF" author="Herting" box="[600,761,1308,1334]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" refString="Herting, B. (1960) Biologie der westplaarktischen Raupenfliegen (Dipt., Tachinidae). Monographien zur angewandten Entomologie, 16, 1 - 188." type="journal article" year="1960">Herting 1960</bibRefCitation>
). The general structure of the ovipositor shared by members of this group could be considered not only homologous but also commonly derived
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FEAC860077BCFA1C" box="[361,453,1388,1413]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">a priori</emphasis>
, and the sister group of
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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FD298600751AFA1C" box="[748,867,1388,1413]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Eomedina</emphasis>
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should therefore be looked for within this group. However, the relationship between the
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with a blunt seventh sternite and those with a pointed seventh sternite developed into a piercing organ (e.g.
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<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FB7C86D07352FA4C" box="[1209,1323,1468,1493]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Blondelia</emphasis>
Robineau­Desvoidy
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FDC986887571FA67" authority="Coquillett" authorityName="Coquillett" box="[524,776,1508,1534]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Celatoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FDC986887405FA64" box="[524,636,1508,1533]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Celatoria</emphasis>
Coquillett
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FCE586887263FA67" authority="Bouche" authorityName="Bouche" box="[800,1050,1508,1534]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Compsilura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FCE5868875D2FA64" box="[800,939,1508,1533]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Compsilura</emphasis>
Bouché
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FBF68688735BFA67" authority="Rondani" authorityName="Rondani" box="[1075,1314,1508,1534]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Vibrissina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FBF6868872D0FA64" box="[1075,1193,1508,1533]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Vibrissina</emphasis>
Rondani
</taxonomicName>
) remains unclear. For instance, the presence of the pointed state in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FBD785607350F9BF" authority="Townsend" authorityName="Townsend" box="[1042,1321,1548,1574]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Medinodexia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FBD7856072D2F9BC" box="[1042,1195,1548,1573]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Medinodexia</emphasis>
Townsend
</taxonomicName>
and of the blunt state in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FDB585587512F9D7" authority="Mesnil" authorityName="Mesnil" box="[624,875,1588,1614]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Medinomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FDB58558757AF9D4" box="[624,771,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Medinomyia</emphasis>
Mesnil
</taxonomicName>
, two genera which are otherwise indistinguishable (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B17FFCDBA56FDC0853074C1F9EF" author="Crosskey" box="[517,696,1628,1654]" pageId="2" pageNumber="67" refString="Crosskey, R. W. (1976) A taxonomic conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, Supplement 26, 1 - 357." type="book chapter" year="1976">Crosskey 1976</bibRefCitation>
), suggests that the transition between these two forms may have taken place several times independently. This would confer to the
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FB4685E872A4F904" box="[1155,1245,1668,1693]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Medina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FB4685E872A4F904" box="[1155,1245,1668,1693]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Medina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
­group a mere unnatural phenetic similarity. At present it is impossible to know whether all representatives of the
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FDD785B87412F974" box="[530,619,1748,1773]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Medina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FDD785B87412F974" box="[530,619,1748,1773]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Medina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
­group lack an ovisac and lay non­embryonated eggs as in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FECD8590746BF88F" authority="Wood 1985" authorityName="Wood" authorityYear="1985" box="[264,530,1788,1814]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Medina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FECD85907718F88C" box="[264,353,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Medina</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B17FFCDBA56FEBD85907472F88F" author="Wood" box="[376,523,1788,1814]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Wood, D. M. (1985) A taxonomic conspectus of the Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 132, 1 - 130." type="journal article" year="1985">Wood 1985</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FD9E859074ABF88C" box="[603,722,1788,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Eomedina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FD9E859074ABF88C" box="[603,722,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Eomedina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(in contrast to
<taxonomicName id="4C674D65FFCDBA56FC678590726DF88C" box="[930,1044,1788,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Blondelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAF4FFCDBA56FC678590726DF88C" box="[930,1044,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">Blondelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and allies, which are ovolarviparous); if this was the case, then the hypothesis of a common ancestor to the group would be strengthened.
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