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<mods:title>Revision of the Afrotropical species of the hover fly genus Mesembrius Rondani (Diptera, Syrphidae) using morphological and molecular data</mods:title>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 13, 14" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 13, 14. Mesembrius spp., habitus, lateral view 13 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂) 14 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures13-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557468" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 14</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 35, 36" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figures 35, 36. Mesembrius spp., habitus, lateral view 35 M. minor (Bezzi) (♀) 36 M. morio (Bezzi) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures35-36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557479" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 35</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 52–57" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figures 52 - 57. Mesembrius spp., head, frontal view 52 M. copelandi sp. nov. (♂) 53 M. cyanipennis (Bezzi) (♂) 54 M. ingratus (Loew) (♂) 55 M. longipilosus sp. nov. (♂) 56 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂) 57 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures52-57" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557486" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 57</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 89–94" captionStartId="F32" captionText="Figures 89 - 94. Mesembrius spp., abdomen, dorsal view 89 M. copelandi sp. nov. (♂) 90 M. cyanipennis (Bezzi) (♂) 91 M. ingratus (Loew) (♂) 92 M. longipilosus sp. nov. (♂) 93 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂) 94 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures89-94" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557493" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 94</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 113–118" captionStartId="F36" captionText="Figures 113 - 118. Mesembrius spp., abdomen, dorsal view 113 M. cyanipennis (Bezzi) (♀) 114 M. maculifer Hull (♀) 115 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♀) 116 M. minor (Bezzi) (♀) 117 M. morio (Bezzi) (♀) 118 M. platytarsis Curran syn. nov. (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures113-118" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557497" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 116</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 135–138" captionStartId="F41" captionText="Figures 135 - 138. Mesembrius spp., right wing 135 M. maculifer Hull (♀) 136 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂) 137 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂) 138 M. morio (Bezzi) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures135-138" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557502" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 137</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 172–176" captionStartId="F50" captionText="Figures 172 - 176. Mesembrius spp., proleg, dorsal view 172 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♀) 173 M. minor (Bezzi) (♀) 174 M. senegalensis (Macquart) (♀) 175 M. caffer (Loew) (♀). Mesoleg, posterior view 176 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures172-176" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557510" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 173</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 197–200" captionStartId="F56" captionText="Figures 197 - 200. Mesembrius spp., metaleg, ventral view 197 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♂). Metaleg, ventral view 198 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂). Metaleg, frontal view 199 M. copelandi sp. nov. (♂). Metaleg, posterior view 200 M. senegalensis (Macquart) (♀). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures197-200" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557516" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 198</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 201–204" captionStartId="F57" captionText="Figures 201 - 204. Mesembrius spp., metaleg, anterior view 201 M. chapini Curran (♀). Metaleg, posterior view 202 M. regulus (Hull) (♀) 203 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♀). Metaleg, anterior view 204 M. minor (Bezzi) (♀). Abbreviations: fem-femur." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures201-204" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557517" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 204</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 205–216" captionStartId="F58" captionText="Figures 205 - 216. Mesembrius spp., male genitalia, lateral view 205 M. arcuatus sp. nov. 206 M. caffer (Loew) (nominal morph) 207 M. caffer (Loew) (spined morph) 208 M. ctenifer Hull syn. nov. 209 M. capensis (Macquart) 210 M. chapini Curran 211 M. copelandi sp. nov. 212 M. cyanipennis (Bezzi) 213 M. ingratus (Loew) 214 M. longipilosus sp. nov. 215 M. madagascariensis Keiser 216 M. minor (Bezzi)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures205-216" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557518" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 216</figureCitation>
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Bezzi, 1915: 96.
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<bibRefCitation author="Bezzi, M" journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37730page/321/mode/1up" refId="B4" refString="Bezzi, M, 1921. Syrphidae aethiopicae Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Broteria 19: 5-22. insert: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37730page/321/mode/1up" title="Syrphidae aethiopicae Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Broteria 19: 5 - 22. insert:" url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37730page/321/mode/1up" year="1921">Bezzi (1921)</bibRefCitation>
: 7 - 
<bibRefCitation author="Bezzi, M" journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B5" refString="Bezzi, M, 1923. Bombyliidae et Syrphidae. Resultats scientifiques du Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911-1912), Dipteres 6: 315-351." title="Bombyliidae et Syrphidae. Resultats scientifiques du Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911 - 1912), Dipteres 6: 315 - 351." year="1923">Bezzi (1923)</bibRefCitation>
: 348 - 
<bibRefCitation author="Curran, CH" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="33 - 89" publicationUrl="http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1640?show=full" refId="B10" refString="Curran, CH, 1927. Diptera of the American Museum Congo Expedition. Part I. - Bibionidae, Bombyliidae, Dolichopodidae, Syrphidae, Trypaneidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 57: 33 - 89, http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1640?show=full" title="Diptera of the American Museum Congo Expedition. Part I. - Bibionidae, Bombyliidae, Dolichopodidae, Syrphidae, Trypaneidae." url="http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1640?show=full" volume="57" year="1927">Curran (1927)</bibRefCitation>
: 64 - 
<bibRefCitation author="Curran, CH" journalOrPublisher="American Museum Novitates" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 11" publicationUrl="http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/2208/N1010.pdf?sequence=1" refId="B12" refString="Curran, CH, 1939. Records and descriptions of African Syrphidae III (Diptera). American Museum Novitates 1025: 1 - 11, http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/2208/N1010.pdf?sequence=1" title="Records and descriptions of African Syrphidae III (Diptera)." url="http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/2208/N1010.pdf?sequence=1" volume="1025" year="1939">Curran (1939)</bibRefCitation>
: 10 - 
<bibRefCitation author="Smith, KGV" editor="Crosskey, RW" journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="488 - 510" refId="B49" refString="Smith, KGV, Vockeroth, JR, 1980. 38. Family Syrphidae. In: Crosskey, RW, Ed., Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London: 488 - 510" title="38. Family Syrphidae." volumeTitle="Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region." year="1980">Smith and Vockeroth (1980)</bibRefCitation>
: 504.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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males lack an apical pile brush on the profemur and have an unmodified metatibia. The metafemur has a large patch of black pile at the proximal end and, distally, a smaller patch of black pile on the posteroventral side with, anterior to this, a small swelling. The metatibia is unmodified. The maculae on tergite II are very large and rounded and with a narrow black medial vitta. Males differ from males of 
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in the straight metafemur and metatibia (curved in 
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) and from males of other species that lack an apical pile brush in the profemur which has very conspicuous and dense black pile on the ventral side of the metafemur (yellow and less dense in the other species). Females have a frons which is pale pilose on ventral half. Tergite II has a pair of yellow maculae (fascia in 
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and spined morph of 
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) and the black posterior marking does not extend to the lateral margins (extends to lateral margins in 
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). The metafemur has a marked ventral swelling in the middle (absent in other species; present in 
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, but in this species, the pile on the frons is black pilose on the ventral half, except laterally). The pro- and mesotarsi are brown with a darkened medial part, except in the basitarsus.
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Bezzi: 
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(hereby designated), male, 
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&quot;Hel. (Mes.)// 
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, Type// 
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&quot;Pres. By//Impl. Bureau Ent.//1915-165.&quot; &quot;Chintechi// 
<collectingCountry name="Malawi">Nyasaland</collectingCountry>
/; 
<collectorName>Dr.H.S. Stannus</collectorName>
&quot; &quot; 
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// 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Bezzi" baseAuthorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius minor" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">Mesembrius minor</taxonomicName>
n.sp.//Type 
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&quot; &quot; NHMUK 013428949&quot; [NHMUK]. 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:C57D866655E69E2F2BD8C49B671BA6AD" country="Nyasaland" name="Female">Female</location>
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&quot;Hel. (Mes.)// 
<specimenCount>♀</specimenCount>
, Type// 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Bezzi" baseAuthorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius minor" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">Mesembrius minor</taxonomicName>
//Bezzi&quot;; &quot; 
<collectorName>Brit. E. Africa</collectorName>
//N. of Mt. 
<collectingCountry name="Kenya">Kenia</collectingCountry>
,//nr. crater lake,// 
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.73736" unit="ft" value="5700.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.73736" unit="ft" value="5700.0">5700 ft.</elevation>
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// 
<collectorName>T.J. Anderson.</collectorName>
// 
<collectingDate value="1911-02-15">15.II.1911</collectingDate>
&quot;; &quot;Pres. By//Impl. Bureau Ent.//1915-165.&quot;; &quot; 
<taxonomicName 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">Mesembrius</taxonomicName>
// 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Bezzi" baseAuthorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mesembrius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesembrius minor" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">Mesembrius minor</taxonomicName>
n.sp.//Type 
<specimenCount>♀</specimenCount>
&quot;; &quot; NHMUK 013428950&quot; [NHMUK]. Female, 
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&quot; 
<collectorName>Brit. E. Africa</collectorName>
//N. of Mt. 
<collectingCountry name="Kenya">Kenia</collectingCountry>
,//nr. crater lake,// 
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.73736" unit="ft" value="5700.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.73736" unit="ft" value="5700.0">5700 ft.</elevation>
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// 
<collectorName>T.J. Anderson.</collectorName>
// 
<collectingDate value="1911-02-15">15.II.1911</collectingDate>
&quot; &quot;H.(M.) 
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Bezzi.// 
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det.//1915.&quot; &quot;Pres. By//Impl. Bureau Ent.//1915-165.&quot; &quot; NHMUK 013428951&quot; [NHMUK].
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Other material</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2018-03-07" collectorName="K. Jordaens" country="Benin" location="Azaourisse" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-female="5">
<collectingCountry name="Benin">Benin</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="female">5♀♀</specimenCount>
; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Azaourissé">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:50659D098A20A00360E074A76509A0A9" country="Benin" name="Azaourisse">Azaourisse</location>
</normalizedToken>
; 
<collectingDate value="2018-03-07">7 Mar 2018</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>K. Jordaens</collectorName>
leg.; KMMA
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2003-02" collectorName="G. Goergen" country="Benin" location="Cotonou" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:2FE76FA29F0795C0EF95BF8883054A42" country="Benin" name="Cotonou">Cotonou</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="2003-02">Feb 2003</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>G. Goergen</collectorName>
; IITA
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2013-12-14" collectorName="G. Goergen, K. Jordaens" country="Benin" location="Cotonou" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:99812F8222C1A8B361EF82508859098C" country="Benin" name="Cotonou">Cotonou</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="2013-12-14">14 Dec 2013</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>G. Goergen</collectorName>
and 
<collectorName>K. Jordaens</collectorName>
leg.; KMMA
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-01-28" collectorName="K. Jordaens, G. Goergen" country="Benin" location="Cotonou" specimenCount="9" specimenCount-female="5" specimenCount-male="4">
<specimenCount type="male">4♂♂</specimenCount>
<specimenCount type="female">5♀♀</specimenCount>
; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:00CEBBCC515F07F068894C5540C699B6" country="Benin" name="Cotonou">Cotonou</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="2016-01-28">28 Jan 2016</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>K. Jordaens</collectorName>
and 
<collectorName>G. Goergen</collectorName>
leg.; KMMA
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2004-09" collectorName="G. Goergen" country="Benin" location="Ouidah" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:815608CCC3153D004BEECC9DEF9EFC26" country="Benin" name="Ouidah">Ouidah</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="2004-09">Sep 2004</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>G. Goergen</collectorName>
leg.; IITA
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2014-03-16" collectorName="G. Goergen" country="Benin" location="Pobe" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pobé">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:0928F8747DB98CFBBFFDE075A5968DA4" country="Benin" name="Pobe">Pobe</location>
</normalizedToken>
; 
<collectingDate value="2014-03-16">16 Mar 2014</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>G. Goergen</collectorName>
leg.; KMMA
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2012-09" collectorName="G. Goergen" country="Benin" location="Sedje" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sedjé">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:AF9200E6793BF2BA011925AB3022AF2C" country="Benin" name="Sedje">Sedje</location>
</normalizedToken>
; 
<collectingDate value="2012-09">Sep 2012</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>G. Goergen</collectorName>
leg.; IITA
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2018-05-23" collectorName="M. Azo'o Ela" country="Cameroon" location="Meskina" municipality="Maroua" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<collectingCountry name="Cameroon">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingMunicipality>Maroua</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:E3BFD92F6EC4BA0A46487EFF4F780FD7" country="Cameroon" municipality="Maroua" name="Meskina">Meskina</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="2018-05-23">23 May 2018</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>
M. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Azo’o">Azo'o</normalizedToken>
Ela
</collectorName>
leg.; MAPC
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1974-07-09" collectorName="J. A. W. Lucas" country="Cameroon" location="Douala" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:BB733DF7B9DAADF5C4C9A9267E2FFFB9" country="Cameroon" name="Douala">Douala</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="1974-07-09">9 Jul 1974</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>J.A.W. Lucas</collectorName>
leg.; RMNH
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" collectorName="F. A. Bink, R. M. Bink-Moenen" country="Chad" location="Bebedja" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<collectingCountry name="Chad">Chad</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:5E080A6E8FABC68E660817CA16AD20CE" country="Chad" name="Bebedja">Bebedja</location>
; date unknown; 
<collectorName>F.A. Bink</collectorName>
and 
<collectorName>R.M. Bink-Moenen</collectorName>
leg.; RMNH
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1915-06-16" collectorName="Lang, Chapin" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" location="Boma" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Kongo-Central">
<collectingCountry name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingRegion country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" name="Bas-Congo">Kongo-Central</collectingRegion>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:5137C2B6A0D97224EBAEE7CA33CFFDF6" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" name="Boma" stateProvince="Kongo-Central">Boma</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="1915-06-16">16 Jun 1915</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Lang</collectorName>
and 
<collectorName>Chapin</collectorName>
leg.; KMMA
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1911-06-18" collectorName="Dr. Bequaert" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" county="Haut-Lomami" location="Fungwi" municipality="Kitompo" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingCounty>Haut-Lomami</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Kitompo</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:3FCE0B531B5133D70D14D3CB3DFBB166" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" county="Haut-Lomami" municipality="Kitompo" name="Fungwi">Fungwi</location>
; 
<collectingDate value="1911-06-18">18 Jun 1911</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Dr. Bequaert</collectorName>
leg.; KMMA
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1916-06-24" collectorName="R. C. Wood" country="Mozambique" location="Lower Shire" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<collectingCountry name="Mozambique">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:918A816BE60C525D80994D5B7E1A1DDE:1F912B84A05DACAA869CCD1DE98F64D9" country="Mozambique" name="Lower Shire">Lower Shire</location>
R.; 
<collectingDate value="1916-06-24">24 Jun 1916</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>R.C. Wood</collectorName>
leg.; NHMUK
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Re-description male</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 13, 14" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 13, 14. Mesembrius spp., habitus, lateral view 13 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂) 14 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures13-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557468" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">14</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
Body length: 11.8-13.3 mm. Wing length: 8.0-9.8 mm.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 52–57" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figures 52 - 57. Mesembrius spp., head, frontal view 52 M. copelandi sp. nov. (♂) 53 M. cyanipennis (Bezzi) (♂) 54 M. ingratus (Loew) (♂) 55 M. longipilosus sp. nov. (♂) 56 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂) 57 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures52-57" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557486" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">57</figureCitation>
). Eyes bare; slightly dichoptic, distance between eyes approx. the width of ocellus. Face white with dark medial vitta; white pilose; white pollinose. Vertical triangle black pilose; white pollinose in area before ocellar triangle. Distance between lateral ocellus and eye margin less than 1/2 width of ocellus. Occiput yellow; yellow pilose; yellow and white pollinose. Frontal triangle dark black pilose; strongly yellow pollinose on ventral half. Frontal prominence shiny black. Antenna black; antennal arista brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Thorax.</emphasis>
Scutum black with, dorsally, a pair of well-demarcated yellow vittae and a faint yellow medial line; vittae and line are connected anteriorly and posteriorly; with lateral, yellow vitta; yellow-white pilose. Scutellum uniformly yellow-brown; yellow pilose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Legs.</emphasis>
Femora and entire metaleg brown; pro- and mesofemora and tarsi yellow-brown; small darkened medial patch in all tarsi, except for the basitarsus. Proleg: Femur without apical pile brush; yellow pilose on anterior and ventral side; with shorter, black pile on dorsal and posterior side. Mesoleg: Femur similar to profemur, but also with a row on longer black pile ventrally. Metaleg (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 197–200" captionStartId="F56" captionText="Figures 197 - 200. Mesembrius spp., metaleg, ventral view 197 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♂). Metaleg, ventral view 198 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂). Metaleg, frontal view 199 M. copelandi sp. nov. (♂). Metaleg, posterior view 200 M. senegalensis (Macquart) (♀). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures197-200" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557516" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">198</figureCitation>
): Femur with long, yellow pile on anterior side; with a basoventral patch of long, black pile and, somewhat more distally, a smaller patch of long, black pile on the posteroventral side; anterior to this black pile, a small swelling. Tibia unmodified; almost straight.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Wing</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 135–138" captionStartId="F41" captionText="Figures 135 - 138. Mesembrius spp., right wing 135 M. maculifer Hull (♀) 136 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂) 137 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂) 138 M. morio (Bezzi) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures135-138" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557502" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">137</figureCitation>
). Entire wing uniformly dense microtrichose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Abdomen</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 89–94" captionStartId="F32" captionText="Figures 89 - 94. Mesembrius spp., abdomen, dorsal view 89 M. copelandi sp. nov. (♂) 90 M. cyanipennis (Bezzi) (♂) 91 M. ingratus (Loew) (♂) 92 M. longipilosus sp. nov. (♂) 93 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♂) 94 M. minor (Bezzi) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures89-94" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557493" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">94</figureCitation>
). Tergite II with pair of very large yellow rounded maculae; black marking hourglass-shaped, with anterior black marking larger than posterior black marking, the latter not reaching the lateral sides of the tergite. Medial black vitta more or less parallel-sided. Black tergal marking with short stiff black pile which does not extend to the lateral sides. Tergite III with small triangular to rounded black marking. Tergite IV with very large rounded black marking occupying most of the tergite; narrowly white pollinose anteriorly. The yellow pile of the abdomen is very short, except on tergite V, where it is not appressed to the lateral sides of the tergite. Tergite V black; strongly white pollinose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Genitalia</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 205–216" captionStartId="F58" captionText="Figures 205 - 216. Mesembrius spp., male genitalia, lateral view 205 M. arcuatus sp. nov. 206 M. caffer (Loew) (nominal morph) 207 M. caffer (Loew) (spined morph) 208 M. ctenifer Hull syn. nov. 209 M. capensis (Macquart) 210 M. chapini Curran 211 M. copelandi sp. nov. 212 M. cyanipennis (Bezzi) 213 M. ingratus (Loew) 214 M. longipilosus sp. nov. 215 M. madagascariensis Keiser 216 M. minor (Bezzi)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures205-216" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557518" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">216</figureCitation>
). Epandrium: Dorsal lobe of surstylus short, nearly circular; with short black spines on almost entire surface; long yellow pilose dorsally. Ventral lobe of surstylus straight; bare. Hypandrium markedly downwardly curved.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Re-description female</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 35, 36" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figures 35, 36. Mesembrius spp., habitus, lateral view 35 M. minor (Bezzi) (♀) 36 M. morio (Bezzi) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures35-36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557479" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">35</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
Body length: 10.6-13.5 mm. Wing length: 7.5-9.4 mm.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head.</emphasis>
Eyes bare; dichoptic. Face white with dark medial vitta; white pilose, white pollinose. Frons black on dorsal 2/5, yellow-white on ventral 3/5; black and white pilose on ocellar triangle and just ventrally of ocellar triangle, otherwise white pilose; strongly white pollinose on ventral 3/5, weak white pollinose on dorsal 2/5. Distance between lateral ocellus and eye margin slightly less than width of ocellus. Occiput yellow-white; yellow-white pilose; yellow-white pollinose. Frontal prominence shiny black. Antenna dark brown to black; antennal arista reddish-brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Thorax.</emphasis>
Scutum dark brown with a pair of dorsolateral yellow pollinose vittae which are connected posteriorly; with lateral, yellow pollinose vitta; sometimes with a fine medial white to yellow pollinose vita; yellow pilose. Scutellum yellow-orange; yellow pilose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Legs.</emphasis>
Proleg (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 172–176" captionStartId="F50" captionText="Figures 172 - 176. Mesembrius spp., proleg, dorsal view 172 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♀) 173 M. minor (Bezzi) (♀) 174 M. senegalensis (Macquart) (♀) 175 M. caffer (Loew) (♀). Mesoleg, posterior view 176 M. sulcus sp. nov. (♂). Abbreviations: bt-basitarsus, fem-femur, tib-tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures172-176" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557510" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">173</figureCitation>
): Femur black, distal end orange-brown; yellow pilose, with short black pile interspersed. Tibia orange, darkened in distal 1/2; yellow pilose on dorsal proximal half, yellow and black pilose otherwise. Tarsi orange-brown with darkened medial area; black pilose dorsally, yellow pilose ventrally; especially the posterior side has very conspicuous thick black pile. Mesoleg: Femur black, distal end orange-brown; black and white pilose. Tibia orange-brown; orange-yellow pilose on dorsal side, black pilose on ventral side. Tarsi orange-brown with darkened dorsal medial area; black pilose. Metaleg: Femur black, distal end orange-brown; orange-yellow pilose, with short, black pile on dorsal distal end, with shorter and thicker black pile on ventral distal half; with marked ventral swelling in middle (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 201–204" captionStartId="F57" captionText="Figures 201 - 204. Mesembrius spp., metaleg, anterior view 201 M. chapini Curran (♀). Metaleg, posterior view 202 M. regulus (Hull) (♀) 203 M. strigilatus (Bezzi) (♀). Metaleg, anterior view 204 M. minor (Bezzi) (♀). Abbreviations: fem-femur." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures201-204" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557517" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">204</figureCitation>
). Tibia orange-brown; orange-yellow pilose with some black pile interspersed at distal end. Tarsi black dorsally, orange ventrally; black pilose dorsally; densely orange pilose ventrally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Wing.</emphasis>
Entire wing uniformly microtrichose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Abdomen</emphasis>
(Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 113–118" captionStartId="F36" captionText="Figures 113 - 118. Mesembrius spp., abdomen, dorsal view 113 M. cyanipennis (Bezzi) (♀) 114 M. maculifer Hull (♀) 115 M. madagascariensis Keiser (♀) 116 M. minor (Bezzi) (♀) 117 M. morio (Bezzi) (♀) 118 M. platytarsis Curran syn. nov. (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052.figures113-118" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557497" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">116</figureCitation>
). Tergite II with a pair of very large, rounded yellow-orange maculae; black pilose on triangular posteromedial section, yellow pilose otherwise; posterior black marking does not reach the lateral tergal sides; medial part of black marking narrow, approx. 1/10 of tergal width; posterior black marking white pollinose. Tergite III with yellow-orange fascia which occupies entire tergal length on lateral sides and approx. 1/3 of tergal length in medial section; with triangular posterior black marking that does not reach the lateral tergal sides; black pilose on triangular posteromedial section, yellow pilose otherwise; posterior black marking white pollinose. Tergite IV as tergite III but with much narrower yellow-orange fascia (approx. 1/10 of tergal length in medial section). Tergite V with narrow anterior black marking; with a pair of yellow-orange maculae in anterolateral corners, otherwise black; yellow pilose; black marking strongly white pollinose, especially in anterior half.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi and Mozambique.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Two female syntypes at the NHMUK (NHMUK-0103428950 and NHMUK-0103428951) are not 
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. minor" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as both lack the ventral swelling on the metafemur, the black marking on tergite II is not of the typical hourglass shape and the short black spines on the ventral side of the metafemur are restricted to the proximal half. Syntype NHMUK-0103428950 corresponds to the female of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. capensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while syntype NHMUK-0103428951 corresponds to the female of either 
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. strigilatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="strigilatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. strigilatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or 
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. caffer" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caffer">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. caffer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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