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Mesnil
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<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938112846E53EB1DCFE7A05D1" author="Mesnil" box="[292,439,1456,1479]" pageId="1" pageNumber="55" refString="Mesnil, L. P. (1953) A new tachinid parasite of an embiopteron. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 22, 145 - 146." type="journal article" year="1953">Mesnil, 1953</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38112846E68FB1DCFC5505D1" box="[661,920,1456,1479]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Rossimyiops whiteheadi</emphasis>
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(by monotypy). References:
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<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938112846E174B1DCFEF605F1" author="Verbeke" pageId="1" pageNumber="56" refString="Verbeke, J. (1962) Contribution a l'etude des Tachinidae africains (Diptera). R e sultats scientifiques. Exploration Hydrobiologique des Lacs Kivu, Edouard et Albert (1952 - 1954), 3, 77 - 187." type="journal article" year="1962">Verbeke 1962</bibRefCitation>
: 117
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[notes on systematic position];
<treatmentCitation id="A92A7E3938112846E6D6B1BCFC6805F1" author="Crosskey" box="[716,933,1488,1511]" page="830" pageId="1" pageNumber="32" year="1980">
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: 830
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[Afrotropical catalogue];
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: 238
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[key to Afrotropical tachinid tribes and genera].
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: 103
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species:
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38112846E12FB263FA510631" bold="true" box="[1333,1436,1551,1575]" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Syn. nov.</emphasis>
References:
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: 86
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[systematic position of
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38112846E709B25CFCAE0651" box="[787,867,1584,1607]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Plesina</emphasis>
Meigen
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38112846E7E0B25CFB490651" box="[1018,1156,1584,1607]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
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: 760
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, 772 [key to Palaearctic genera of
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: 409
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[keys for the identification of specimens of Afrotropical
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38112846E5B7B21CFDFB0691" box="[429,566,1648,1671]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
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: modified from
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: 237
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(
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and
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38112846E48DB2FCFF3706B1" box="[151,250,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Persedea</emphasis>
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: 25
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.
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species:
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38112846E647B2FCFCE506B1" box="[605,808,1680,1703]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Persedea exquisita</emphasis>
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(by original designation).
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38112846E0C0B2E3FA8C06B1" bold="true" box="[1242,1345,1679,1703]" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Syn. nov.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38112846E48DB2BBFEDD06E7" bold="true" box="[151,272,1751,1777]" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Small flies
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in length. Male vertex extremely narrow, and frontal vitta, near vertex, concealed by medial margin of fronto-orbital plate (
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); female vertex larger with 2 or more proclinate orbital setae. Occiput with black setulae only. Anterior and posterior lappets of metathoracic spiracle about equal in size (
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38112846E4C0B33CFEFA077C" box="[218,311,1872,1898]" captionStart="FIGURES 23 27" captionStartId="14.[151,269,1891,1915]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,520,1864]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1436,520,1865]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 23 27. Rossimyiops longicornis (Kugler). 23. Head and thorax in left lateral view (paratype male: Israel, Yoqne'am). 24. Left posterior thoracic spiracle (male: Israel, Nahal ' Ammud), scale bar: 0.1 mm. 25. Left wing in ventral view (holotype male). 26. Left wing in ventral view (paratype female: Israel, Zafat). 27. Cerci and surstylus in left lateral view (male: Israel, Nahal ' Ammud), scale bar: 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185376/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
). Postmetacoxal area membranous. Mid-dorsal depression on abdominal syntergite 1+2 not extended posteriorly to distal margin of that segment. Marginal setae on tergites 35 “shifted” anteriorly into sub-discal position. Dorsolateral lobes of distiphallus well developed and “shifted” anteriorly. Surstylus distally bent posteriorly. Parasitoids of
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.
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. Body length:
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.
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E680B4F4FD1700A7" box="[666,730,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Head</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E6F1B4F4FC9000A4" box="[747,861,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 7" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,541,1878]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,533,1878]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2 7. Rossimyiops achilleae (Kugler). 2. Head in lateral view (holotype male). 3. Head in lateral view (paratype female: Israel, ' Arad). 4. Head in anterodorsal view (holotype male). 5. Head in anterodorsal view (paratype female: Israel, ' Arad). 6. Left wing in ventral view (holotype male). 7. Left wing in ventral view (paratype female: Israel, ' Arad)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185373/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Figs. 25</figureCitation>
, 8, 1115, 17, 20, 23, 28, 29, 3638, 42): Compound eye bare. Vertex at its narrowest point about 0.1 (male), 0.501.15 (female) times as wide as compound eye in dorsal view. Lateral vertical seta usually not differentiated from postocular row (well developed only in
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E48DB57CFEF7013F" box="[151,314,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">R. whiteheadi</emphasis>
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female). Ocellar seta from well developed to very short and hair-like. Frontal setae reaching anteroventrally at most to middle of pedicel. Male frontal vitta, near vertex, concealed by medial margin of fronto-orbital plate (
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). Dorsal orbital setae usually not differentiated in male, 1 or
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female. Male without, female with 24 proclinate orbital setae. Parafacial bare. Parafacial at its narrowest point 0.501.25 times as wide as postpedicel. Facial ridge slightly concave or straight. Facial ridge with slender and decumbent setae on ventral 0.20.4. Face more or less visible in lateral view. Ventral facial margin from not visible to well visible in lateral view anterior to vibrissal angle. Postpedicel 1.53.5 times as long as pedicel. Arista bare, thickened on basal 0.20.4. First and second aristomeres short. Gena in profile not more than 0.4 times as high as compound eye (height measured in the same vertical plane as height of head). Genal dilation well developed. Occiput with black setulae only. Prementum 210 times as long as diameter at mid length. Labella not elongated, posterior extensions developed only in female of
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and
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E07EB6CCFACB02AF" box="[1124,1286,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">R. whiteheadi</emphasis>
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. Palpus subcylindrical or slightly clavate.
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E611B6A4FDAD02F7" box="[523,608,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Thorax</emphasis>
(Figs. 8, 18, 21, 22, 24, 38, 39): black to yellow in ground colour. Scutum with or without reflecting microtrichia, if present, presutural area with three longitudinal dark vittae. Prosternum and proepisternum bare. Postpronotum with 2 or 3 setae arranged in a more or less straight line. Scutum with 23 presutural dorsocentral setae, 34 postsutural dorsocentral setae, 23 postsutural intra-alar setae. Katepisternum with 12 setae. Katepimeron bare. One short anepimeral seta. Scutellum varied from black to yellow, with 23 pairs of marginal setae; when three, the lateral seta displaced very close and ventrally to basal seta (
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E560B7D4FDF903C4" box="[378,564,952,978]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 22" captionStartId="12.[151,269,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[185,1408,185,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[185,1410,185,1742]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 17 22. Rossimyiops spp. 17 19. Rossimyiops djerbaensis sp. nov. (holotype female). 17. Head in anterolateral view, scale bar: 0.3 mm; a- width of parafacial at its narrowest point. 18. Scutellum, subscutellum and ventral calypter in right posterolateral view (a, l and b show base of apical, lateral and basal scutellar setae, respectively), scale bar: 0.3 mm. 19. Left wing in ventral view. 20 22. Rossimyiops exquisitus (Richter). 20. Head in anterolateral view (holotype female of Persedea exquisita Richter), scale bar: 0.5 mm; a- width of parafacial at its narrowest point. 21. Scutum, scutellum, ventral calypter and abdominal tergites 1 + 2 in dorsal view (same specimen as before), scale bar: 0.5 mm. 22. Scutellum and abdominal syntergite 1 + 2 in right dorsolateral view (paratype female of Mesnilomyia rufipes Zeegers), scale bar: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185375/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Figs. 18, 21, 22</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E65AB7D4FDAC03C4" box="[576,609,952,978]" captionStart="FIGURES 36 41" captionStartId="18.[151,269,1899,1923]" captionTargetBox="[175,1418,194,1868]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[175,1419,194,1870]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 36 41. Rossimyiops subapertus (Herting). 36. Head and thorax in left lateral view (female: Israel, Tel Aviv). 37. Head in anterodorsal view (same specimen as before). 38. Head and scutum in dorsal view (male: Israel, Herzliyya). 39. Scutellum in posterodorsal view (female: Israel, Tel Aviv), scale bar: 0.3 mm. 40. Left wing in ventral view (same specimen as before). 41. Abdomen in dorsal view (same specimen as before)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185379/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">39</figureCitation>
). Apical scutellar setae crossed and horizontal. Anatergite bare or with small patch of short, black, erect setulae. Anterior and posterior lappets of metathoracic spiracle about equal in size (
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E4E9B064FE860434" box="[243,331,1032,1058]" captionStart="FIGURES 23 27" captionStartId="14.[151,269,1891,1915]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,520,1864]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1436,520,1865]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 23 27. Rossimyiops longicornis (Kugler). 23. Head and thorax in left lateral view (paratype male: Israel, Yoqne'am). 24. Left posterior thoracic spiracle (male: Israel, Nahal ' Ammud), scale bar: 0.1 mm. 25. Left wing in ventral view (holotype male). 26. Left wing in ventral view (paratype female: Israel, Zafat). 27. Cerci and surstylus in left lateral view (male: Israel, Nahal ' Ammud), scale bar: 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185376/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
). Postmetacoxal area membranous.
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E6EBB064FCE60437" box="[753,811,1032,1057]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Wing</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E724B064FC620434" box="[830,943,1032,1058]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 7" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,541,1878]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,533,1878]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2 7. Rossimyiops achilleae (Kugler). 2. Head in lateral view (holotype male). 3. Head in lateral view (paratype female: Israel, ' Arad). 4. Head in anterodorsal view (holotype male). 5. Head in anterodorsal view (paratype female: Israel, ' Arad). 6. Left wing in ventral view (holotype male). 7. Left wing in ventral view (paratype female: Israel, ' Arad)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185373/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Figs. 6, 7</figureCitation>
,
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,
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E7F2B064FBCA0434" box="[1000,1031,1032,1058]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 22" captionStartId="12.[151,269,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[185,1408,185,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[185,1410,185,1742]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 17 22. Rossimyiops spp. 17 19. Rossimyiops djerbaensis sp. nov. (holotype female). 17. Head in anterolateral view, scale bar: 0.3 mm; a- width of parafacial at its narrowest point. 18. Scutellum, subscutellum and ventral calypter in right posterolateral view (a, l and b show base of apical, lateral and basal scutellar setae, respectively), scale bar: 0.3 mm. 19. Left wing in ventral view. 20 22. Rossimyiops exquisitus (Richter). 20. Head in anterolateral view (holotype female of Persedea exquisita Richter), scale bar: 0.5 mm; a- width of parafacial at its narrowest point. 21. Scutum, scutellum, ventral calypter and abdominal tergites 1 + 2 in dorsal view (same specimen as before), scale bar: 0.5 mm. 22. Scutellum and abdominal syntergite 1 + 2 in right dorsolateral view (paratype female of Mesnilomyia rufipes Zeegers), scale bar: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185375/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">19</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E00EB064FBAD0434" box="[1044,1120,1032,1058]" captionStart="FIGURES 23 27" captionStartId="14.[151,269,1891,1915]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,520,1864]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1436,520,1865]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 23 27. Rossimyiops longicornis (Kugler). 23. Head and thorax in left lateral view (paratype male: Israel, Yoqne'am). 24. Left posterior thoracic spiracle (male: Israel, Nahal ' Ammud), scale bar: 0.1 mm. 25. Left wing in ventral view (holotype male). 26. Left wing in ventral view (paratype female: Israel, Zafat). 27. Cerci and surstylus in left lateral view (male: Israel, Nahal ' Ammud), scale bar: 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185376/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">25, 26</figureCitation>
,
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,
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E083B064FB760434" box="[1177,1211,1032,1058]" captionStart="FIGURES 36 41" captionStartId="18.[151,269,1899,1923]" captionTargetBox="[175,1418,194,1868]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[175,1419,194,1870]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 36 41. Rossimyiops subapertus (Herting). 36. Head and thorax in left lateral view (female: Israel, Tel Aviv). 37. Head in anterodorsal view (same specimen as before). 38. Head and scutum in dorsal view (male: Israel, Herzliyya). 39. Scutellum in posterodorsal view (female: Israel, Tel Aviv), scale bar: 0.3 mm. 40. Left wing in ventral view (same specimen as before). 41. Abdomen in dorsal view (same specimen as before)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185379/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">40</figureCitation>
): membrane varied from hyaline to strongly pigmented. Ventral calypter usually divergent from the scutellum (
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E0DBB05CFA9D045C" box="[1217,1360,1072,1098]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 22" captionStartId="12.[151,269,1771,1795]" captionTargetBox="[185,1408,185,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[185,1410,185,1742]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 17 22. Rossimyiops spp. 17 19. Rossimyiops djerbaensis sp. nov. (holotype female). 17. Head in anterolateral view, scale bar: 0.3 mm; a- width of parafacial at its narrowest point. 18. Scutellum, subscutellum and ventral calypter in right posterolateral view (a, l and b show base of apical, lateral and basal scutellar setae, respectively), scale bar: 0.3 mm. 19. Left wing in ventral view. 20 22. Rossimyiops exquisitus (Richter). 20. Head in anterolateral view (holotype female of Persedea exquisita Richter), scale bar: 0.5 mm; a- width of parafacial at its narrowest point. 21. Scutum, scutellum, ventral calypter and abdominal tergites 1 + 2 in dorsal view (same specimen as before), scale bar: 0.5 mm. 22. Scutellum and abdominal syntergite 1 + 2 in right dorsolateral view (paratype female of Mesnilomyia rufipes Zeegers), scale bar: 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185375/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Figs. 18, 21</figureCitation>
). Costal spine not differentiated, usually shorter than costal setulae. Second costal portion (CS2) ventrally bare. R1 bare. Base of R4+5 dorsally bare or with few setulae basally. CuA1 bare. Bend of M with or without a stub or continuation. Cell r4+5 varied from just closed at wing margin to long petiolate.
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E05BB0C2FBB504D1" box="[1089,1144,1198,1223]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Legs</emphasis>
: Medial anterior surface of fore coxa bare or predominantly so. Preapical anterodorsal seta on fore tibia at most as long as preapical dorsal seta. Mid tibia with 13 anterodorsal setae.
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tibia with 2 or 3 dorsal preapical setae. Preapical posteroventral seta on hind tibia nearly as long as preapical anteroventral seta. Anterodorsal setae on hind tibia irregular in length. Posterior margin of hind coxa bare.
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E73EB13DFC5E057C" box="[804,915,1361,1386]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Abdomen</emphasis>
(
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,
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E009B13DFBFE057D" box="[1043,1075,1361,1387]" captionStart="FIGURES 36 41" captionStartId="18.[151,269,1899,1923]" captionTargetBox="[175,1418,194,1868]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[175,1419,194,1870]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURES 36 41. Rossimyiops subapertus (Herting). 36. Head and thorax in left lateral view (female: Israel, Tel Aviv). 37. Head in anterodorsal view (same specimen as before). 38. Head and scutum in dorsal view (male: Israel, Herzliyya). 39. Scutellum in posterodorsal view (female: Israel, Tel Aviv), scale bar: 0.3 mm. 40. Left wing in ventral view (same specimen as before). 41. Abdomen in dorsal view (same specimen as before)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185379/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">41</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38122845E025B13DFBAC057D" box="[1087,1121,1361,1387]" captionStart="FIGURES 42 47" captionStartId="21.[151,269,1905,1929]" captionTargetBox="[209,1376,183,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[209,1378,183,1881]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURES 42 47. Rossimyiops whiteheadi Mesnil (South Africa, Grahamstown). 42. Head and thorax in left lateral view (female). 43. Abdomen in dorsal view (female). 44 47. Male terminalia, scale bar: 0.1 mm. 44. Epandrial complex in left lateral view. 45. Cerci and surstyli in posterior view. 46. Pregonite and postgonite in left lateral view. 47. Phallus in left lateral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185380/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">43</figureCitation>
): varied from black to yellow in ground colour, with or without microtrichia. Mid-dorsal depression on abdominal syntergite 1+2 confined to anterior 0.500.75 of segment. Marginal setae on tergites 35 “shifted” anteriorly into sub-discal position. Tergites 3 and 4 without median discal setae.
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E706B1A5FC1705F4" box="[796,986,1481,1506]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Male terminalia</emphasis>
(Figs. 9, 10, 27, 3235, 4447): Tergite 6 narrow, fused with segment 7+8. Epandrium short and convex. Hypandrial arms not joined, sub-parallel. Pregonite pointed distally and strongly bent anteriorly, posterior margin with setae. Postgonite varied from straight to sinuous, with or without setae. Basiphallus without basal keel. Epiphallus in para-basal position, well developed, usually weakly sclerotized. Basiphallus joined to distiphallus by dorsal sclerite. Dorsolateral lobes of distiphallus well developed and “shifted” anteriorly. Acrophallus not tubular. Cerci not fused distally. Surstylus distally bent posteriorly.
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E4DFB28CFEC606EC" bold="true" box="[197,267,1760,1786]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Hosts</emphasis>
.
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(so far known only for
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E6A3B28DFC8206EC" box="[697,847,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">R. exquisitus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E792B28DFBE406EC" box="[904,1065,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">R. whiteheadi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="60910BA338122845E4DFB364FBD7078D" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="2834582838122845E4DFB364FBD7078D" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2027]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E4DFB364FE930734" bold="true" box="[197,350,1800,1826]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Distribution</emphasis>
(
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).
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E5C2B364FDAE0734" bold="true" box="[472,611,1800,1826]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Palaearctic</emphasis>
: East Mediterranean Europe (
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Tschorsnig
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E044B365FB510734" box="[1118,1180,1801,1826]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">et al.</emphasis>
2004
</bibRefCitation>
),
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(
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E15AB365FF18075D" author="Herting" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Herting, B. (1983) Neue oder wenig bekannte Tachiniden (Diptera). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (A), 364, 1 - 8." type="journal article" year="1983">Herting 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E4F9B35DFE4C075D" author="Richter" box="[227,385,1841,1867]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Richter, V. A. (2001) A new genus and species of tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Iran. International Journal of Dipterological Research, 12, 25 - 28." type="journal article" year="2001">Richter 2001</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838122845E582B35DFE07075D" box="[408,458,1841,1867]" name="Iraq" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Iraq</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838122845E5C2B35DFDD1075D" box="[472,540,1841,1867]" name="Israel" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Israel</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838122845E630B35DFDBD075D" box="[554,624,1841,1867]" name="Egypt" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(Sinai) (
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E6C1B35DFBEE075D" author="Kugler" box="[731,1059,1841,1867]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Kugler, J. (1972) Tachinidae of Israel, V. Mesnilomyia and Palmonia, two new genera of Tachinidae (Diptera). Israel Journal of Zoology, 21, 103 - 112." type="journal article" year="1972">Kugler 1972; present work</bibRefCitation>
), Transcaucasia (
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E0F5B35DFA43075D" author="Richter" box="[1263,1422,1841,1867]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Richter, V. A. (1995) New data on the systematics and biology of Palearctic tachinids (Diptera, Tachinidae). [in Russian] Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 73 (1994), 739 - 752." type="journal article" year="1995">Richter 1995</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838122845E48DB335FEF40765" box="[151,313,1881,1907]" name="Turkmenistan" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Turkmenistan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E556B335FE210765" author="Ziegler" box="[332,492,1881,1907]" pageId="2" pageNumber="56" refString="Ziegler, J. (1991) Zwei neue Raupenfliegenarten (Dipt., Tachinidae) aus Usbekistan und faunistische Notizen zu weiteren Arten aus Mittelasien. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 35, 83 - 90." type="journal article" year="1991">Ziegler 1991</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838122845E61FB335FD910765" box="[517,604,1881,1907]" name="Tunisia" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Tunisia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E675B335FBBD0765" author="Tschorsnig" box="[623,1136,1881,1907]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Tschorsnig, H. - P. &amp; Richter, V. A. (1998) 3.54. Family Tachinidae. In: Papp, L. &amp; Darvas, B (Eds.), Contribution to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance). Vol. 3. Higher Brachycera. Science Herald, Budapest, pp. 691 - 827." type="book" year="1998">Tschorsnig &amp; Richter 1998; present work</bibRefCitation>
);
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E092B334FAEE0764" bold="true" box="[1160,1315,1880,1906]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Afrotropical</emphasis>
:
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838122845E12DB335FA510765" box="[1335,1436,1881,1907]" name="Namibia" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Namibia</collectingCountry>
(present work),
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838122845E54BB3EDFE25078D" box="[337,488,1921,1947]" name="South Africa" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">South Africa</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E5EDB3EDFD42078D" author="Mesnil" box="[503,655,1921,1947]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Mesnil, L. P. (1953) A new tachinid parasite of an embiopteron. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 22, 145 - 146." type="journal article" year="1953">Mesnil 1953</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E681B3EDFC83078D" author="Crosskey" box="[667,846,1921,1947]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Crosskey, R. W. (1980) 93. Family Tachinidae. In: Crosskey, R. W. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 822 - 882." type="book chapter" year="1980">Crosskey 1980</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E740B3EDFBC0078D" author="Crosskey" box="[858,1037,1921,1947]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" 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, 189 - 337." type="journal article" year="1984">Crosskey 1984</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="60910BA338122843E4DFB3C4FEC901DC" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="2834582838122844E4DFB3C4FCAF034C" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2027]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1436,152,858]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="34" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E4DFB3C4FDCD07D4" bold="true" box="[197,512,1960,1986]" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
Remarks on
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38122845E57EB3C4FDCD07D4" box="[356,512,1960,1986]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E57EB3C4FDCD07D4" bold="true" box="[356,512,1960,1986]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
. The genus
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38122845E695B3C5FCEB07D4" box="[655,806,1961,1986]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E695B3C5FCEB07D4" box="[655,806,1961,1986]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E7E4B3C5FB2D07D5" author="Kugler" box="[1022,1248,1961,1987]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Kugler, J. (1972) Tachinidae of Israel, V. Mesnilomyia and Palmonia, two new genera of Tachinidae (Diptera). Israel Journal of Zoology, 21, 103 - 112." type="journal article" year="1972">Kugler (1972: 103)</bibRefCitation>
to include three new species:
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38122845E52FB3BDFDBA07FD" authority="Kugler, 1972" authorityName="Kugler" authorityYear="1972" box="[309,631,2001,2027]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnifica">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E52FB3BDFE1E07FC" box="[309,467,2001,2026]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">M. magnifica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E5C6B3BDFDBA07FD" author="Kugler" box="[476,631,2001,2027]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Kugler, J. (1972) Tachinidae of Israel, V. Mesnilomyia and Palmonia, two new genera of Tachinidae (Diptera). Israel Journal of Zoology, 21, 103 - 112." type="journal article" year="1972">Kugler, 1972</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838122845E6DAB3BDFCCC07FD" box="[704,769,2001,2027]" name="Israel" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Israel</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838122845E727B3BDFCA207FD" box="[829,879,2001,2027]" name="Iraq" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Iraq</collectingCountry>
,
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38122845E766B3BDFB7E07FD" authority="Kugler, 1972" authorityName="Kugler" authorityYear="1972" box="[892,1203,2001,2027]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Rossimyiops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="achilleae">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E766B3BDFBC207FC" box="[892,1039,2001,2026]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">M. achilleae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938122845E002B3BDFB7E07FD" author="Kugler" box="[1048,1203,2001,2027]" pageId="2" pageNumber="55" refString="Kugler, J. (1972) Tachinidae of Israel, V. Mesnilomyia and Palmonia, two new genera of Tachinidae (Diptera). Israel Journal of Zoology, 21, 103 - 112." type="journal article" year="1972">Kugler, 1972</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38122844E0F4B3BDFEFE00A4" authority="Kugler, 1972" authorityName="Kugler" authorityYear="1972" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Rossimyiops" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="34" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longicornis">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38122845E0F4B3BDFA5107FC" box="[1262,1436,2001,2026]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">M. longicornis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E48DB4F4FEFE00A4" author="Kugler" box="[151,307,152,178]" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Kugler, J. (1972) Tachinidae of Israel, V. Mesnilomyia and Palmonia, two new genera of Tachinidae (Diptera). Israel Journal of Zoology, 21, 103 - 112." type="journal article" year="1972">Kugler, 1972</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838132844E564B4F4FE7200A4" box="[382,447,152,178]" name="Israel" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Israel</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="B0B044AD38132844E5CBB4F4FDDA00A4" box="[465,535,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,255,1645,1669]" captionTargetBox="[209,1374,917,1617]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[202,1385,917,1618]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Known distribution of Rossimyiops spp." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/185372/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
). Of these,
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E6BDB4F4FC9800A7" box="[679,853,152,177]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Rossimyiops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longicornis">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E6BDB4F4FC9800A7" box="[679,853,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">M. longicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has since been recorded from
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838132844E0DDB4F4FAD700A4" box="[1223,1306,152,178]" name="Greece" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Greece</collectingCountry>
(including Crete and the North Aegean Islands),
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838132844E646B4ACFD0C00CC" box="[604,705,192,218]" name="Bulgaria" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Bulgaria</collectingCountry>
(cf.
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E6E0B4ACFC5600CC" author="Herting" box="[762,923,192,218]" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Herting, B. (1984) Catalogue of Palearctic Tachinidae (Diptera). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (A), 369, 1 - 228." type="journal article" year="1984">Herting 1984</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E7B2B4ACFB7E00CC" author="Tschorsnig" box="[936,1203,192,218]" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Tschorsnig, H. - P., Richter, V. A., Cerretti, P., Zeegers, T., Bergstrom, C., Vanhara, J., Van de Weyer, G., Bystrowski, C., Raper, C., Ziegler, J. &amp; Hubenov, Z. (2004) Fauna Europaea: Tachinidae. In: Pape, T. (Ed.), Fauna Europaea: Diptera, Brachycera. Fauna Europaea version 1.2 '. Electronic database available from http: // www. faunaeur. org (accessed July 2008)." type="book chapter" year="2004">
Tschorsnig
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E02BB4ACFBA300CF" box="[1073,1134,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">et al.</emphasis>
2004
</bibRefCitation>
) and Transcaucasia (
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E484B484FEF10114" author="Richter" box="[158,316,232,258]" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Richter, V. A. (1995) New data on the systematics and biology of Palearctic tachinids (Diptera, Tachinidae). [in Russian] Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 73 (1994), 739 - 752." type="journal article" year="1995">Richter 1995</bibRefCitation>
) (
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). Later
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E5E5B484FD020114" author="Herting" box="[511,719,232,258]" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Herting, B. (1983) Neue oder wenig bekannte Tachiniden (Diptera). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (A), 364, 1 - 8." type="journal article" year="1983">Herting (1983: 5)</bibRefCitation>
described a fourth species,
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E004B484FB710117" box="[1054,1212,232,257]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subaperta">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E004B484FB710117" box="[1054,1212,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">M. subaperta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, based on a single male specimen collected in southeastern
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838132844E669B57CFD6F013C" box="[627,674,272,298]" name="Iran" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Iran</collectingCountry>
(Anbar-Abad), which considerably differs morphologically from males of the previously described species (see below).
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E732B554FBF30147" box="[808,1086,312,337]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subaperta">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E732B554FBF30147" box="[808,1086,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia subaperta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was later recorded also from
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838132844E48DB50CFEF4016C" box="[151,313,352,378]" name="Turkmenistan" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Turkmenistan</collectingCountry>
by
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E571B50CFDD7016C" author="Ziegler" box="[363,538,352,378]" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" refString="Ziegler, J. (1991) Zwei neue Raupenfliegenarten (Dipt., Tachinidae) aus Usbekistan und faunistische Notizen zu weiteren Arten aus Mittelasien. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 35, 83 - 90." type="journal article" year="1991">Ziegler (1991)</bibRefCitation>
, this being the only other known record for the species. Recently
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E125B50CFF2801B4" author="Zeegers" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" refString="Zeegers, T. (2007) A first account of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Yemen. Fauna of Arabia, 23, 369 - 419." type="journal article" year="2007">Zeegers (2007)</bibRefCitation>
described
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E571B5E4FD0901B4" authority="Zeegers, 2007" authorityName="Zeegers" authorityYear="2007" box="[363,708,392,418]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calyptrata">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E571B5E4FDC301B7" box="[363,526,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">M. calyptrata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E600B5E4FD0901B4" author="Zeegers" box="[538,708,392,418]" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" refString="Zeegers, T. (2007) A first account of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Yemen. Fauna of Arabia, 23, 369 - 419." type="journal article" year="2007">Zeegers, 2007</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E71EB5E4FBF801B4" authority="Zeegers, 2007" authorityName="Zeegers" authorityYear="2007" box="[772,1077,392,418]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipes">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E71EB5E4FC4D01B7" box="[772,896,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">M. rufipes</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E791B5E4FBF801B4" author="Zeegers" box="[907,1077,392,418]" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" refString="Zeegers, T. (2007) A first account of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Yemen. Fauna of Arabia, 23, 369 - 419." type="journal article" year="2007">Zeegers, 2007</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="509C18B838132844E099B5E4FB1401B4" box="[1155,1241,392,418]" name="Yemen" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Yemen</collectingCountry>
. The systematic position of
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E507B5DCFE7901DF" box="[285,436,432,457]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E507B5DCFE7901DF" box="[285,436,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was originally discussed by
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E712B5DCFC6301DC" author="Kugler" box="[776,942,432,458]" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Kugler, J. (1972) Tachinidae of Israel, V. Mesnilomyia and Palmonia, two new genera of Tachinidae (Diptera). Israel Journal of Zoology, 21, 103 - 112." type="journal article" year="1972">Kugler (1972)</bibRefCitation>
who concluded, after a brief morphological analysis: “According to Mesnil (personal communication),
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E792B5B4FBD201E7" box="[904,1055,472,497]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E792B5B4FBD201E7" box="[904,1055,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is close to the Ptilopsinina, but flies belonging to this subtribe have discal bristles at least on the fifth abdominal segment.”
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E0F6B66CFA55020C" author="Mesnil" box="[1260,1432,512,538]" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Mesnil, L. P. (1972) 64 g. Larvaevorinae (Tachininae). Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, 10 (Lieferung 293), 1065 - 1112." type="journal article" year="1972">Mesnil (1972)</bibRefCitation>
, following his communication to Kugler, included
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E6E0B644FC5F0257" box="[762,914,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Ptilopsinina, together with the only other genus
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E528B63CFE67027F" box="[306,426,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Ptilopsina</emphasis>
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: 117
</taxonomicName>
[currently =
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E76BB63CFBD3027F" box="[881,1054,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Anthomyiopsis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E030B63CFB3B027C" author="Townsend" box="[1066,1270,592,618]" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Townsend, C. H. T. (1916) Elucidations of New England Muscoidea. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 4, 17 - 33." type="journal article" year="1916">Townsend, 1916</bibRefCitation>
: 20
</taxonomicName>
].
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E158B63CFF290284" author="Herting" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Herting, B. (1984) Catalogue of Palearctic Tachinidae (Diptera). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (A), 369, 1 - 228." type="journal article" year="1984">Herting (1984)</bibRefCitation>
did not accept Mesnils conclusions and included
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E725B614FC1B0287" box="[831,982,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
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.
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E0ABB614FECB02AC" author="Herting" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Herting, B. (1984) Catalogue of Palearctic Tachinidae (Diptera). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (A), 369, 1 - 228." type="journal article" year="1984">Herting (1984: 191, note 100)</bibRefCitation>
emphasised that the presence of posterior extensions of the labella is “characteristic” for
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, although
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E51CB6A4FE5002F7" box="[262,413,712,737]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E51CB6A4FE5002F7" box="[262,413,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. usually do not share this character state [except for the females of
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E0EEB6A4FA5102F7" box="[1268,1436,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">R. longicornis</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E4D2B69CFEA4031F" box="[200,361,752,777]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Rossimyiops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="whiteheadi">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E4D2B69CFEA4031F" box="[200,361,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">R. whiteheadi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
]. The posterior extensions of the labella are also lacking in many other
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E0B6B69CFAEC031C" box="[1196,1313,752,778]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Minthoini">Minthoini</taxonomicName>
(e.g.
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E179B69CFD880324" authority="Brauer and Bergenstamm" authorityName="Brauer and Bergenstamm" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Actinochaeta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E179B69CFECE0327" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Actinochaeta</emphasis>
Brauer and Bergenstamm
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E64FB774FC580324" authority="Townsend" authorityName="Townsend" box="[597,917,792,818]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Actinominthella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E64FB774FCDD0327" box="[597,784,792,817]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Actinominthella</emphasis>
Townsend
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E7BDB774FADB0324" authority="Townsend" authorityName="Townsend" box="[935,1302,792,818]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Dolichopodomintho" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E7BDB774FB5F0327" box="[935,1170,792,817]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Dolichopodomintho</emphasis>
Townsend
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E132B774FE4E034C" authority="Robineau-Desvoidy" authorityName="Robineau-Desvoidy" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Hyperaea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E132B774FA510327" box="[1320,1436,792,817]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Hyperaea</emphasis>
Robineau-Desvoidy
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E594B72CFC9A034C" authority="Brauer and Bergenstamm" authorityName="Brauer and Bergenstamm" box="[398,855,832,858]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Paradidyma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E594B72CFDD2034F" box="[398,543,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Paradidyma</emphasis>
Brauer and Bergenstamm
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2834582838132844E48DB201FD060692" blockId="3.[151,715,1645,1669]" box="[151,715,1645,1669]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E48DB201FED40693" bold="true" box="[151,281,1645,1669]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Known distribution of
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E609B201FD550692" box="[531,664,1645,1668]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Rossimyiops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="2834582838132844E4DFB2DEFF12077A" blockId="3.[151,1437,1714,2020]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
A detailed examination of the external morphology of all species and of the male terminalia of most species did not reveal any apomorphies supporting
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E6D3B2B7FCAD06E2" box="[713,864,1755,1780]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a monophyletic group. On the other hand, the morphology of the surstylus and phallus of
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E6BEB36FFC0C070A" box="[676,961,1795,1820]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Rossimyiops whiteheadi</emphasis>
Mesnil
</taxonomicName>
indicates that the species so far ascribed to
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E507B347FE790752" box="[285,436,1835,1860]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[except
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E602B347FD7A0752" box="[536,695,1835,1860]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">M. calyptrata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see below] form a paraphyletic group with respect to
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E129B347FF15077A" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">R. whiteheadi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2834582838132843E4DFB316FEC901DC" blockId="3.[151,1437,1714,2020]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,152,458]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E4DFB316FE1C0782" bold="true" box="[197,465,1914,1940]" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
Remarks on
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E57EB316FE1C0782" bold="true" box="[356,465,1914,1940]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Persedea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
. The genus
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E645B317FD010782" box="[607,716,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Persedea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was known only from the
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species.
<bibRefCitation id="4C1A25D938132844E085B316FAB40782" author="Richter" box="[1183,1401,1914,1940]" pageId="3" pageNumber="55" refString="Richter, V. A. (2001) A new genus and species of tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Iran. International Journal of Dipterological Research, 12, 25 - 28." type="journal article" year="2001">Richter (2001: 26)</bibRefCitation>
, in her diagnosis of the genus, underscored that
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E6B4B3CFFCD607AA" box="[686,795,1955,1980]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Persedea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E6B4B3CFFCD607AA" box="[686,795,1955,1980]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Persedea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be clearly distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E0A1B3CFFA9F07AA" box="[1211,1362,1955,1980]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E0A1B3CFFA9F07AA" box="[1211,1362,1955,1980]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by: i) sclerotized postmetacoxal area, as in
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132844E649B3A7FCDD07F2" authority="Meigen" authorityName="Meigen" box="[595,784,1994,2020]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Plesina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132844E649B3A7FD6607F2" box="[595,683,1995,2020]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Plesina</emphasis>
Meigen
</taxonomicName>
, ii) small ventral calypter, not deflected as in
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38132843E12EB3A7FF1D00A7" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Mesnilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="35" order="Diptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38132843E12EB3A7FF1D00A7" italics="true" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Mesnilomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and iii) sternite 2 not hidden by the margins of the corresponding tergite. Re-examination of the
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of
<taxonomicName id="EF8B23AB38142843E4EBB4ACFE0200CF" box="[241,463,192,217]" class="Insecta" family="Tachinidae" genus="Persedea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exquisita">
<emphasis id="1AFF843A38142843E4EBB4ACFE0200CF" box="[241,463,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Persedea exquisita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
did not reveal any sclerotization of the postmetacoxal area, whereas the shape and orientation of the ventral calypter varied greatly in all other species now assigned to
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38142843E089B484FAEB0117" box="[1171,1318,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Rossimyiops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; thus, the use of the latter character is not advisable in a generic diagnosis. Similarly, the exposition of the sternites varied greatly according to specimen of
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38142843E656B554FD130147" box="[588,734,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Rossimyiops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
examined, probably because of the degree of sclerotization of the cuticle and the way in which the specimen had dried out. Characters or combinations of characters unequivocally identifying
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38142843E5CAB5E4FDF001B7" box="[464,573,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Persedea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could not be found and this genus is therefore synonymised under
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<emphasis id="1AFF843A38142843E17CB5E4FF3001DF" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Rossimyiops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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