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<figureCitation id="7D06329DCD0E5139AD3E5BD48506A818" captionStart="Figures 25, 26" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figures 25, 26. Mesembrius spp., habitus, lateral view 25 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 26 M. vockerothi sp. nov. (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures25-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557474" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 25</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="748044094EB30BDC3FCA56A3058100CD" captionStart="Figures 6469" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figures 64 - 69. Mesembrius spp., head, frontal view 64 M. simplicipes Curran (♂) 65 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♂) 66 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 67 M. tarsatus (Bigot) (♂) 68 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 69 M. vockerothi sp. nov. (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures64-69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557488" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 68</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="98B4D1FAB6C72D6CDDBB2F8DC32DF17C" captionStart="Figures 101106" captionStartId="F34" captionText="Figures 101 - 106. Mesembrius spp., abdomen, dorsal view 101 M. simplicipes Curran (♂) 102 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♂) 103 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 104 M. tarsatus (Bigot) (♂) 105 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 106 M. vockerothi sp. nov. (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures101-106" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 105</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="16D4FE6E5D46A3DFC218EB80D0A38DDA" captionStart="Figures 147150" captionStartId="F44" captionText="Figures 147 - 150. Mesembrius spp., right wing 147 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 148 M. tarsatus (Bigot) (♂) 149 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 150 M. vockerothi sp. nov. (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures147-150" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557505" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 149</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="60439ACD15C201F5B3BE173F9E896893" captionStart="Figures 155158" captionStartId="F46" captionText="Figures 155 - 158. Mesembrius, proleg, dorsal view 155 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 156 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 157 M. arcuatus sp. nov. (♂) 158 M. ingratus (Loew) (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures155-158" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 156</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="5D35CBD1942D1FF3B8CFD783CEA0E001" captionStart="Figures 163165" captionStartId="F48" captionText="Figures 163 - 165. Mesembrius spp., proleg, dorsal view 163 M. perforatus (Speiser) (♂) 164 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 165 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures163-165" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557508" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 165</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="6D09D621FFD46F03FA1EF7B00595CA88" captionStart="Figures 177180" captionStartId="F51" captionText="Figures 177 - 180. Mesembrius spp., mesoleg, dorsal view 177 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 178 M. caffer (Loew) (♂) 179 M. capensis (Macquart) (♂) 180 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures177-180" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557511" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 177</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="258818B33CA81AF35A05F3E872B86EC9" captionStart="Figures 185188" captionStartId="F53" captionText="Figures 185 - 188. Mesembrius spp., mesoleg, dorsal view 185 M. perforatus (Speiser) (♀). Metaleg, posterior view 186 M. chapini Curran (♂) 187 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂). Metaleg, ventral view 188 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures185-188" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557513" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 188</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="E89F035BA324212B8C4F1858B913334B" captionStart="Figures 217228" captionStartId="F59" captionText="Figures 217 - 228. Mesembrius spp., male genitalia, lateral view 217 M. nigriceps Curran 218 M. perforatus (Speiser) 219 M. platytarsis Curran syn. nov. 220 M. regulus (Hull) 221 M. rex Curran 222 M. senegalensis (Macquart) 223 M. simplicipes Curran 224 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) 225 M. sulcus sp. nov. 226 M. tarsatus (Bigot) 227 M. tibialis sp. nov. 228 M. vockerothi sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures217-228" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557519" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 227</figureCitation>
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sp. nov. males have an apical pile brush on the profemur of thick, dense black pile dorsally and yellow pile ventrally. The metafemur is very long and slender and has long yellow pile and shorter yellow and black pile on the ventral side. The metatibia has no groove on the posterior side. The probasitarsus has a tuft of long black pile. The mesotibia is curved and the proximal half is compressed. The male differs from any other species in the colour of the apical pile brush (except from
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sp. nov.) which is black dorsally and golden-yellow ventrally (yellow-orange in
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; dark-brown to black in other species). It differs from
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sp. nov. in the orange and black probasitarsus (orange in
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sp. nov.), in the absence of a deep groove in the posterior proximal half of the metatibia and in the strongly compressed mesotibia (unmodified in
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sp. nov.). The female is unknown.
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spp., mesoleg, dorsal view
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sp. nov. (♂)
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(Loew) (♂)
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(Macquart) (♂)
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Keiser (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia.
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<location id="FB631E41ED04F1047779637DD28D4077" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6A80FA85551F5011BCC3E82CBBEEFAD3:FB631E41ED04F1047779637DD28D4077" country="Togo" name="Kloto Forest">Kloto Forest</location>
//
<collectingDate id="7E70B05C4A50DD0E2247A7813659F2A5" value="2017-02">II.2017</collectingDate>
// leg.
<collectorName id="BA9143D8AB2AD1294576946B1237AEEB">G. Goergen</collectorName>
&quot; &quot;
<taxonomicName id="68B2655F0DEA95B0C76341A5B16036EC" authorityName="Jordaens, Goergen &amp; De Meyer" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius tibialis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tibialis">Mesembrius tibialis</taxonomicName>
//
<determinerName id="E0BFD3989B9DE889A778A8F988B34082">
<collectorName id="1D17C64A5335820658333DDB765501D7">Det. K. Jordaens</collectorName>
</determinerName>
&quot; &quot;DNA 1149A04 //
<collectorName id="009F023F05559C9846F61AF0BE1EB895">K. Jordaens</collectorName>
// RMCA 2019&quot; [KMMA].
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</paragraph>
<caption id="188A735DC6E8018E85B0AA13C69F29E2" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures181-184" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557512" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 181184" startId="F52">
<paragraph id="2A61A92F4C75FDD8C8D82429A224CAB2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="E2137D3978A7C1185F7DF6BC600896A1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 181-184.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C55F2F58527975A5C5DC4750894DF3E4" authorityName="Rondani" authorityYear="1857" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B0CC7FDB54E804E341FA8495A7881871" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesembrius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., mesoleg, dorsal view
<specimenCount id="8061BE5625DD48CE7ED3E34FE1E32822" type="generic">
<emphasis id="187886C2F821FA394C2202C06B13A60A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">181</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="11FC428189F87AD585A7CCA86F9BF6FA" lsidName="M. senegalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="senegalensis">
<emphasis id="C86A474E700DF984B52C7FE810559F93" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. senegalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
(Macquart) (
<specimenCount id="236FEBAE0435D1D4F5BE3FA752259C55"></specimenCount>
)
<specimenCount id="4D096E57CAF672BB75A91BAAA2A376AD" type="generic">
<emphasis id="7BA459E5C94965F8F63E3F1B8EF40276" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">182</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="826B97834E3B8AC517AC1F6B32082F35" lsidName="M. caffer" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caffer">
<emphasis id="A0FA6E8F879DEA27EB29A4EB9BE6E134" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. caffer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
(Loew) (
<specimenCount id="BB367A6472060F448C3BDCF459C19FB5"></specimenCount>
). Metaleg, posterior view
<specimenCount id="8798BCCFC3502D69246D2C9C73179613" type="generic">
<emphasis id="C7C401B897D61D9E66164BD5261250A3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">183</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BF59A364596E2DA1FC3FDE73441BF551" lsidName="M. regulus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="regulus">
<emphasis id="A9B9F374B3FFF0E80629436669715075" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. regulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
(Hull) (
<specimenCount id="1E9D823DB751D1BBC1E95107A76EF5D2"></specimenCount>
)
<specimenCount id="326A8E3B3D014E7A1681BF533B818CD9" type="generic">
<emphasis id="4073EE56E71236EF845203823F4FAC0D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">184</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="3FADAB84BB337627B6D08C1B940F00B1" lsidName="M. rex" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="rex">
<emphasis id="50F2B4C846C5764137A3A6BF66B2C46F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. rex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
Curran (
<specimenCount id="7E210B10091FF82E1DCAC2B86DDA0368"></specimenCount>
). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="57B198145193D22B66C684A8925C7316" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation id="063CE2A5FA649A6D691A0B5F2183B456" collectingDate="2017-12" collectorName="G. Goergen" country="Togo" location="Kloto Forest" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-male="2" typeStatus="Paratypes">
<emphasis id="1AB94F5EEFC2F84D35AB6BA4E39F8344" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="5EE1219A8BBB5C73004D65ACAECEECD2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<typeStatus id="20DA46E015EE967066B81827BF349DC2">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="2F0FBF9880AD7D03E5A8D984F944F38C" name="Togo">Togo</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount id="307352E897DBEC8D6914B5D9C62013C8" type="male">2♂♂</specimenCount>
;
<location id="75023A57E836F3C5AB7353D92BC9A57C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6A80FA85551F5011BCC3E82CBBEEFAD3:75023A57E836F3C5AB7353D92BC9A57C" country="Togo" name="Kloto Forest">Kloto Forest</location>
;
<collectingDate id="04849156940873FCC9C27828AC6D81CF" value="2017-12">Dec 2017</collectingDate>
;
<collectorName id="5386D6DACCC921EF6937F59CBF107E4F">G. Goergen</collectorName>
leg.; IITA
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="DCB5ED53BC82A92BA026BA2878C59483" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures185-188" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557513" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 185188" startId="F53">
<paragraph id="16D22B73BC37C88F2775DCC4695A382C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="3409A3A6214E5B30E06E0E12983CEEF7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 185-188.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A2FD49D761185CD85E6CCCA8CAB2303C" authorityName="Rondani" authorityYear="1857" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1EB33901A6DCA2B1D5FC8692365A70E7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesembrius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., mesoleg, dorsal view
<specimenCount id="5FB7D01A24DFDB5DB1EC6CA656F39360" type="generic">
<emphasis id="C097619A1696D39F9EBD3FE3950A2478" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">185</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4EA3242E7189B83C4C4F821AE3B750CC" lsidName="M. perforatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="perforatus">
<emphasis id="ABC6F2962E3090E335DE99CDA30C058B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. perforatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
(Speiser) (
<specimenCount id="4D9BB2ECAB240057F49647507BAD38E5"></specimenCount>
). Metaleg, posterior view
<specimenCount id="66325E35A5253291C154FDF9F0D79AB8" type="generic">
<emphasis id="AB5E012CABBACD15A4BDBBE297951F55" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">186</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="64BA6B72EF5A465EBE908EC7445EB2CD" lsidName="M. chapini" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="chapini">
<emphasis id="3AC2DEC7D366B0ACFB4B8C875DF10EE5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. chapini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
Curran (
<specimenCount id="53A4CE8EF0E761B7CD34774E735C9513"></specimenCount>
)
<specimenCount id="B5439CC2C108BC9AC1637B69FBDED9EA" type="generic">
<emphasis id="1DA7CE25399A9919A6E21E0AC363E327" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">187</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="AEAD7C6B794395E05BA08BEC42D192C3" lsidName="M. sulcus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sulcus">
<emphasis id="46B430A4E3BEF74493B8F4437A1EB00D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. sulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
sp. nov. (
<specimenCount id="BCD41D110CB47295A62A16AFE7ECBDA8"></specimenCount>
). Metaleg, ventral view
<specimenCount id="05C11E68389BAE5896F26781CD252143" type="generic">
<emphasis id="2252C5AFA129D93B1AD7043B82ED7950" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">188</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E8EEFBDC678A8F7CC395C5B5DADD6989" lsidName="M. tibialis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="tibialis">
<emphasis id="7C12393C85D0431B62F0FE8D124CAB44" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. tibialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
sp. nov. (
<specimenCount id="2D5310F07015B7B927E46C5B9DCD66BF"></specimenCount>
). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="43D63B4A7748D051150F321B42AD98AE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph id="2BE0DA7AC8CA0808865583A87A25EDB5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description male</paragraph>
<paragraph id="03B2A543C285D62C5AC9C24877466D7D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="3EFC90F4E09BBEE0ACDF08F6A8BD86AE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="E39604069672687AEB157BC2BC6A2123" captionStart="Figures 25, 26" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figures 25, 26. Mesembrius spp., habitus, lateral view 25 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 26 M. vockerothi sp. nov. (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures25-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557474" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">25</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
Body length: 14. mm. Wing length: 12.7 mm.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="773F0B54841DE85F66C171784629C506" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="590D31229324EF26D2BCC167C375C172" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="02A8EBCE923325C601611060C1924766" captionStart="Figures 6469" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figures 64 - 69. Mesembrius spp., head, frontal view 64 M. simplicipes Curran (♂) 65 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♂) 66 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 67 M. tarsatus (Bigot) (♂) 68 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 69 M. vockerothi sp. nov. (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures64-69" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557488" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">68</figureCitation>
). Eyes bare; holoptic, eye contiguity approx. as long as length of ocellar triangle. Face yellow to orange with dark medial vitta; white pollinose; yellow-white pilose. Vertical triangle black; black pilose; yellow pollinose on medium third. Distance between lateral ocellus and eye margin slightly less than width of ocellus. Occiput black; yellow pilose with some shorter and thicker black pile near eye margin; white pollinose. Frontal triangle short; yellow-white; with some long black pile; white pollinose. Frontal prominence shiny black. Antenna black; postpedicel white pollinose; antennal arista orange-brown.
</paragraph>
<caption id="0089897DAF472F191F2936FB6E3D1BAC" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures189-192" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557514" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 189192" startId="F54">
<paragraph id="A771CF7D0DA3C8831283689D596F5704" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="922F0553448470F5E7C8A59B3F1DF222" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 189-192.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E65E4B3136AA67DCC07FE983F192864C" authorityName="Rondani" authorityYear="1857" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D59C2C45C3E2D48A513E1A80E5461265" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesembrius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., metaleg, posterior view
<emphasis id="E21C20F6AF67D01205A24C2203C0E4BF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">189</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A632966B9B428062D5BA5BC2E3F14C59" lsidName="M. tarsatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis id="CABD1FB2049A732863855554A425E1C3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bigot) (♂)
<emphasis id="9F913558938DEEFAFC3EACAD1DBFCF62" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">190</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="5D8F7288C89A0E2BFC6FC6D9CC248C4E" lsidName="M. ingratus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="ingratus">
<emphasis id="251E227F40CD76C7A338F35B53620251" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. ingratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Loew) (♂)
<emphasis id="FA1CF4B7E59067A3BCDDBAED26E5D6CC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">191</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="9291FEC46CFEC5BC36769164790FA69C" lsidName="M. arcuatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="arcuatus">
<emphasis id="05318F334AE42E7B08AA05A16290E85C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. arcuatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (♂)
<emphasis id="D3237454B466E4880D09EBB359CA2D1B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">192</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A7D8AE4F49B802E25D8019068536A69F" lsidName="M. nigriceps" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nigriceps">
<emphasis id="D11532716324682D6D533E90B5D131B8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. nigriceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Curran (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8FF4A2D44DEF702456F50FC6C849303A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="7C5E4960B872105F4737DC7072F5CAE2" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Thorax.</emphasis>
Scutum black with dorsally, in the anterior half, a pair of very faint yellow pollinose vittae. Scutellum black in anterior half, yellow-brown in posterior half; yellow pilose with, in the posterior half, some shorter black pile interspersed.
</paragraph>
<caption id="8E4BDABA03D11B32797E9494822FDC16" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures193-196" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557515" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 193196" startId="F55">
<paragraph id="9A17850954C43251120C3836E74A4CEE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="2F9E53FFCFDE2053907A6E17A6115C5E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 193-196.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C2AA74172B902C93DC026F5F0962404B" authorityName="Rondani" authorityYear="1857" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="580654BF117FB8D4055646528604B4C6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesembrius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., metaleg, dorsal view
<emphasis id="163B5EB5D06B9119ECBC15157E23AAC2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">193</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A7B6B744E216777654040B36C2D24BFD" lsidName="M. platytarsis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="platytarsis">
<emphasis id="C25AEB6CFFA5BE807AF3F7231B0866CC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. platytarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Curran syn. nov. (♂)
<emphasis id="8D70B2A813582712801925A18A5EBB94" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">194</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="2B49EE1987FC25914B8CED5A6BBB39AE" lsidName="M. simplicipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="simplicipes">
<emphasis id="180FF49609915A69913EF735D6452AFE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. simplicipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Curran (♂). Metaleg, anterior view
<emphasis id="5FF697EB756D3875264811248E04847B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">195</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="218E6B8A4B0E02CF05E030E989B7A5AD" lsidName="M. caffer" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caffer">
<emphasis id="49D0483FDF8088A86B56D27FF6B1DB55" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. caffer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Loew) (nominal morph) (♂)
<emphasis id="97057DF456C978FFFDCB086A9884E288" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">196</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="47C3DD3284818292BA59FA718E63F884" lsidName="M. caffer" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caffer">
<emphasis id="38783824EFD9A967F94B8330A28FF5F2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. caffer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Loew) (spined morph) (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="D9FC913434480E5701CB63CB8A37D297" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="38AA9B5FD5B8F6CFB980C70BD37CD55D" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Legs.</emphasis>
All legs chocolate-brown to black; distal ends black; other tarsi black. Proleg (Figs
<figureCitation id="ED151954217928A45846ACE522148EDC" captionStart="Figures 155158" captionStartId="F46" captionText="Figures 155 - 158. Mesembrius, proleg, dorsal view 155 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 156 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 157 M. arcuatus sp. nov. (♂) 158 M. ingratus (Loew) (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures155-158" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">156</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="D4213135F98F1DE480FF6044F058C47C" captionStart="Figures 163165" captionStartId="F48" captionText="Figures 163 - 165. Mesembrius spp., proleg, dorsal view 163 M. perforatus (Speiser) (♂) 164 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 165 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures163-165" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557508" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">165</figureCitation>
): Femur dorsoventrally flattened; with apical pile brush of long dense and curved thick black pile dorsally and thick yellow pile ventrally; ventrally with long black and shorter yellow pile. Tibia black; with long black pile. Basitarsus black and orange; with tuft of black pile on posterior side. Tarsi 2-4 black, tarsomere 5 white. Mesoleg (Fig.
<figureCitation id="D1A0D3CE7C33E2BC6F7927EFBFF7E5BB" captionStart="Figures 177180" captionStartId="F51" captionText="Figures 177 - 180. Mesembrius spp., mesoleg, dorsal view 177 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 178 M. caffer (Loew) (♂) 179 M. capensis (Macquart) (♂) 180 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures177-180" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557511" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">177</figureCitation>
): Femur with long yellow pile posterodorsally; short black pile ventroproximally. Tibia curved; proximal half compressed. Metaleg (Fig.
<figureCitation id="EAE17F0773674629F87A271E70B4540F" captionStart="Figures 185188" captionStartId="F53" captionText="Figures 185 - 188. Mesembrius spp., mesoleg, dorsal view 185 M. perforatus (Speiser) (♀). Metaleg, posterior view 186 M. chapini Curran (♂) 187 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂). Metaleg, ventral view 188 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures185-188" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557513" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">188</figureCitation>
): Femur with very long and thin yellow pile, especially on anterior and posterior side; with shorter black pile ventrally and posteriorly. Tibia with long black pile; without groove on posterior side.
</paragraph>
<caption id="2EC1272BC4247A28CDF19D76CD5721C4" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures197-200" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557516" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 197200" startId="F56">
<paragraph id="114977994D3C14AC0EC7AC0A31C46BB6" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="0219B2234B69C06F17A070FA82F9B92B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 197-200.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="AC61AFD6A0A059C23AAE4997CD9AE11F" authorityName="Rondani" authorityYear="1857" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="411B34A9204B34C8935339678884916E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesembrius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., metaleg, ventral view
<emphasis id="EB2B26CA4522FC017CACF89E31D72EF2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">197</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B6BDAAC40B9CFB64E3A5900C46B902D1" lsidName="M. strigilatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="strigilatus">
<emphasis id="20F227F8CFDE79CF2B484D5E4CFB7CCA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. strigilatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi) (♂). Metaleg, ventral view
<emphasis id="F0E4D195F7CEDD2AEABFEA43C81677D2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">198</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="EC6BF3C462CA104DA81AA84BA7DBEB66" lsidName="M. minor" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis id="15E19EA9B32DCEB3B1667AB2ABE10ECB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi) (♂). Metaleg, frontal view
<emphasis id="24B95F72686E5924761BED585FA44C9A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">199</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="CE3CB6251DB236D9F04C65E04197D525" lsidName="M. copelandi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="copelandi">
<emphasis id="A42DA6331C654088BCCF85977C8F2583" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. copelandi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (♂). Metaleg, posterior view
<emphasis id="0D1B0752DC91FCC74FC9D9EC6CB9FF5B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">200</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A3CC709819A0FFC5458998A23F66EAD5" lsidName="M. senegalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="senegalensis">
<emphasis id="7ABCF5D72152FB362F333CB86A9A34B5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. senegalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Macquart) (♀). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="A14559A16CE66E17ACE2EFEAEE7C222E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="06216EB85DF6E25B1C161A3A2293295B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Wing</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="702E468F1DD6FA2E899EA71501E9012E" captionStart="Figures 147150" captionStartId="F44" captionText="Figures 147 - 150. Mesembrius spp., right wing 147 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 148 M. tarsatus (Bigot) (♂) 149 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 150 M. vockerothi sp. nov. (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures147-150" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557505" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">149</figureCitation>
). Entire wing uniformly dense microtrichose.
</paragraph>
<caption id="029FC03A11A06A08635911486FCD4F84" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures201-204" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557517" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 201204" startId="F57">
<paragraph id="29A47A369807C12ED1C3C91C8D5C59A7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="2706E98BC4026B27E0C2F2DD9854B7DB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 201-204.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B593D2445C992F5994CB0F1E636F8A70" authorityName="Rondani" authorityYear="1857" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2A29C984991A3DD1D43D81FAC342DABB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesembrius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., metaleg, anterior view
<emphasis id="354BE09FB2E39E423B05A391A0A222CE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">201</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6A81F210EB5F2ACEDF5B9924B4A8FDE1" lsidName="M. chapini" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="chapini">
<emphasis id="E3029490B6EACB3E0EEFAEFFD699A93E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. chapini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Curran (♀). Metaleg, posterior view
<emphasis id="02EE9697EED8C05975ACDDF16A2A3709" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">202</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="587EA056B6482CDCA415A78E53D8A74B" lsidName="M. regulus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="regulus">
<emphasis id="C44D880FF18DE8418A2286FD79716B22" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. regulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Hull) (♀)
<emphasis id="F10FBE7FCF59C71172FF9E512C5B77F2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">203</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="25FB5AB4B26A8302434D9160A79889C2" lsidName="M. strigilatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="strigilatus">
<emphasis id="E2CFA0E802941EDBA1EAF994094E4561" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. strigilatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi) (♀). Metaleg, anterior view
<emphasis id="9AA50FD8195C7593DFD13D14079FD1D5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">204</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E69E35DFFEA78EABB63CBC382CDCCF49" lsidName="M. minor" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis id="7F7BA22164EE6B7F858E7844E8BFFFC3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi) (♀). Abbreviations: fem-femur.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="CAB6D9F138867BB191F63C80B1BF534F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="B10617685A1CBA2B27CD92DE6B217128" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Abdomen</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="09E5A9B6DC22C320F4BC82D5D8C53ED1" captionStart="Figures 101106" captionStartId="F34" captionText="Figures 101 - 106. Mesembrius spp., abdomen, dorsal view 101 M. simplicipes Curran (♂) 102 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♂) 103 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂) 104 M. tarsatus (Bigot) (♂) 105 M. tibialis sp. nov. (♂) 106 M. vockerothi sp. nov. (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures101-106" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557495" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">105</figureCitation>
). Tergite II with a pair of very large yellow, rounded maculae; black marking hourglass-shaped; yellow pilose except for short, black pile on the posterior black marking; posterior marking white pollinose. Tergite III and IV with orange fascia; short orange pile in medial part of tergites; long yellow-orange pilose on lateral sides; with white pollinose triangular posterior area.
</paragraph>
<caption id="6C148DB7099549A40C851DFA593F2371" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures205-216" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557518" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 205216" startId="F58">
<paragraph id="9D0638F4D41F1A47A8D1F38455FB0C26" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="DF4D73EBB43525E38BC240ABF6CB68FB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 205-216.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A246BAD78D98A436CF74FE00D4FB690F" authorityName="Rondani" authorityYear="1857" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3EC432FF0240688AFA3D172168F1B73D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesembrius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., male genitalia, lateral view
<emphasis id="C09FA0FFEE8658DDAA811C8786C64612" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">205</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DA1181411DD944645F9D20987DA3C820" lsidName="M. arcuatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="arcuatus">
<emphasis id="B1197210ADBFBBAD7E0FC2EFC98AA2E4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. arcuatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="589D80D7A79D16CC98140948C058074A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">206</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F8E1F826151C95086B1AE220CEEF6F7A" lsidName="M. caffer" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caffer">
<emphasis id="9E05C9EDC5DDE851EFDA81A21262FC0B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. caffer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Loew) (nominal morph)
<emphasis id="F105F9C164CCD1C614E70BDDEE650E66" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">207</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="8A22BA613233C8BF6CD20BE28C94A776" lsidName="M. caffer" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caffer">
<emphasis id="8CABED78576B1324835430AA97FCF05C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. caffer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Loew) (spined morph)
<emphasis id="B5D8B5CF63040365F44195EA270587C2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">208</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DAB48C462D21444AB966EACC9DCD3DF8" lsidName="M. ctenifer" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="ctenifer">
<emphasis id="C36E9AE249FA0B835BB280F40F2E7D98" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. ctenifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hull syn. nov.
<emphasis id="63E1320B317D1706F1EF6E298FDA8C5C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">209</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C89D66013282D00D4E1074A9DA01EF65" lsidName="M. capensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis id="F885BE8ECBCCD9F7ECF29E259979E936" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Macquart)
<emphasis id="6B74D5AF6B0056483D3154BA7B6EED1F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">210</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="79A28439C15AEBED6F63FF498C307D03" lsidName="M. chapini" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="chapini">
<emphasis id="7C114F937C52390359C7BEDD9F7F8D51" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. chapini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Curran
<emphasis id="840FA70547B2F8AD8D2367A9C316CF1B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">211</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="AFA50B6FB2E7938368AB6A3E98A000CE" lsidName="M. copelandi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="copelandi">
<emphasis id="4D618AC5CEB0751BE8781AB25FC3C029" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. copelandi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="16E472F9EBFF6EC22C581BD7A29F1547" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">212</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DB537B9ECF966785BC25FFBF70A19FBB" lsidName="M. cyanipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="cyanipennis">
<emphasis id="6AC131A2B45BB64E39A5AE56163020F3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. cyanipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi)
<emphasis id="84BF1DBFC196E464ABA853BD07526B6A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">213</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BC0BE3084C90648F668BD6CA3C6CE2A6" lsidName="M. ingratus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="ingratus">
<emphasis id="D1683BB6CFD7C198363353A9953D1408" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. ingratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Loew)
<emphasis id="91CA3C09779AA11D566BDAB15816E555" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">214</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B213F8266D774AA552B50D8D47606D71" lsidName="M. longipilosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="longipilosus">
<emphasis id="715EBA43881912F61BCDD88F85B6FF9D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. longipilosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="301E05B57F74609B148F50B038C18C8C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">215</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E66F04204E579C11BC35C8B6C734831C" lsidName="M. madagascariensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="madagascariensis">
<emphasis id="CF7E873B5526CC9AA9C2ECDC4668E9A3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. madagascariensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Keiser
<emphasis id="78292BF4FBF3F8BF21575FCAAEDDE5FC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">216</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="11FBD05989DBA5860A42812C8ADEC4CB" lsidName="M. minor" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis id="2DE0B9F186E45AE8322BF4A591506E77" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="DC4F1E48209FA5D4DFABE9B45A697070" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="D950C4F6973CD81C3DA609C7A002A777" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genitalia</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="58A0F050C4BA46196E96B8223356FF26" captionStart="Figures 217228" captionStartId="F59" captionText="Figures 217 - 228. Mesembrius spp., male genitalia, lateral view 217 M. nigriceps Curran 218 M. perforatus (Speiser) 219 M. platytarsis Curran syn. nov. 220 M. regulus (Hull) 221 M. rex Curran 222 M. senegalensis (Macquart) 223 M. simplicipes Curran 224 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) 225 M. sulcus sp. nov. 226 M. tarsatus (Bigot) 227 M. tibialis sp. nov. 228 M. vockerothi sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures217-228" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557519" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">227</figureCitation>
). Epandrium: Dorsal lobe of surstylus short, broadly rounded; covered in short black spines and some longer pile. Ventral lobe of surstylus straight; bare.
</paragraph>
<caption id="8B5BD2E0EF7020D91F3CB92929615BC6" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures217-228" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557519" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figures 217228" startId="F59">
<paragraph id="4D4EFFF063B43912C1759E8B90DCC6A2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="A8A89212D10A2DBB8207BC84855D7FB1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 217-228.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D64EB5B568D858226FE4C3A40F78A7A1" authorityName="Rondani" authorityYear="1857" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BBD56ECBC3B3BD372C488FC513E277C4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesembrius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., male genitalia, lateral view
<emphasis id="839D382D1B4636FE57F4280C09204038" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">217</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="71661F08B6E410F773D4F388C2314EBD" lsidName="M. nigriceps" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="nigriceps">
<emphasis id="D125EA52B569AD2A26D8706CD6D32437" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. nigriceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Curran
<emphasis id="0EC90EC395DFF4B0BB6B18829CD86C1F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">218</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="5ACD8AC97B34786B9DC8C984F6431182" lsidName="M. perforatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="perforatus">
<emphasis id="F113F99011625C1CB47E88068BD2B4D3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. perforatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Speiser)
<emphasis id="3CF90BCBF82299E37E609470ECAF7610" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">219</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="3439C4D553A8AF541162161C71E03F18" lsidName="M. platytarsis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="platytarsis">
<emphasis id="9871C5F726127CAC9563EEEA2E141923" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. platytarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Curran syn. nov.
<emphasis id="7B69CDA683F878716666641355562039" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">220</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="51DF2F78827481D5507BD98E0F5896F7" lsidName="M. regulus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="regulus">
<emphasis id="A55205659DBAEC46C27EF73D11DDE55E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. regulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Hull)
<emphasis id="91BC5D90F71190AF7A4CF1A4BC124159" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">221</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="2BABA099CEFB4B124B99BBAFA1894DFC" lsidName="M. rex" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="rex">
<emphasis id="8033D3AE486BCFCE0F06ECC3517E893B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. rex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Curran
<emphasis id="26FFB24EC64B3BA5ADEADD342F8856C2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">222</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F6112A6612686119A90C30BF3AFA9363" lsidName="M. senegalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="senegalensis">
<emphasis id="A2826E1EC325A693894734F7B39B9ACC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. senegalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Macquart)
<emphasis id="6DA4E940A19575838462B940A9E49A2E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">223</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="71C3367A795BED3EAC959044C6FF7511" lsidName="M. simplicipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="simplicipes">
<emphasis id="D80C41C03CA448FE90D050DA77FFEE3E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. simplicipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Curran
<emphasis id="BC25B464508B6631EDF7859B9D0AF56F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">224</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="52693A92E9410B51C75A840B643B019A" lsidName="M. strigilatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="strigilatus">
<emphasis id="5A104B4D833B8B1F94709A72430A52D3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. strigilatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi)
<emphasis id="A621CD28102B99261908A3B24DEFF531" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">225</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7AC06F0DA04D2D445A132AE3DC109DDF" lsidName="M. sulcus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sulcus">
<emphasis id="392800C1676E3671E4CB2521040C3C81" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. sulcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="A00F15079A43F0E687DE2C52C866EB5A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">226</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="D2A998E9B739AC2BDDB6479DE6B3E32D" lsidName="M. tarsatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="tarsatus">
<emphasis id="8958BDF64730D180AA6EBD4BBF06590F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. tarsatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bigot)
<emphasis id="55DD6E5AE799C5BF7F4CC46960D5C8BE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">227</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="AA1629EEA43622B67916DA6BA8090239" lsidName="M. tibialis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="tibialis">
<emphasis id="69DBF6D645ED374CD8A7A10096A40E9D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. tibialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov
<emphasis id="A31D40DC8DE6CAB2CC554B664DBAD538" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">. 228</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="71D6B3333EB8A88E042C8FA7F579965F" lsidName="M. vockerothi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="vockerothi">
<emphasis id="508F42EA4DD55392E89E30954F7E28F0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. vockerothi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="898E0EC8531046ABF15D0342DEEB545D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="female">
<paragraph id="F712AF6C7704745642628368C9E589E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="11B5E7450C1049229C11849D815D0BFF" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7BD75736613B53530D7357B3CFA85E8E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="372CC345CCF4BB8B6DA1DE6F9158B322" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="992978892F50EB5B058D1F463CFC5458" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Togo.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E5EFA617D97B84567BDD82329BC18905" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="comments">
<paragraph id="49773277CCE31BE534CDFFE4FCBD3BEC" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5D09708A44F9CB3DF22DB9C8F0CAC402" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">This is a new species that is only known from three males from Kloto Forest, Togo.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="653ED7F44690662421E00688A921E08A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="FB048E6680361668F37FFC1F67315B9B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific epithet
<taxonomicName id="76AFCBE76D9EC09913DE1090229C04A8" authorityName="Jordaens, Goergen &amp; De Meyer" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius tibialis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tibialis">
<emphasis id="588C41475C1236FF0892E05A9C76A530" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesembrius tibialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is derived from the Latin word
<emphasis id="6223CFD062BE53E542933D520FF2D098" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">tibia</emphasis>
(pertaining to the tibia) and was chosen in reference to the mesotibia, which is curved and proximally compressed. It is to be treated as an adjective (nominative singular masculine).
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