Mesembrina Meigen, 1826

Sorokina, Vera S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2010, An annotated catalogue of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Siberia 2597, Zootaxa 2597 (1), pp. 1-87 : 23-25

Genus Mesembrina Meigen, 1826

Mesembrina Meigen, 1826: 10 . Type-species: Musca meridiana Linnaeus, 1758 , by designation of Westwood (1840: 141).

Mesembrina ciliimaculata Fan & Zheng, 1992

Mesembrina resplendens ssp. ciliimaculata Fan & Zheng in Fan, 1992: 265 [Chinese, in key] & 915 [English]. Type-locality: China, Yunnan, Zhongdian , Gezan. Holotype ♀, IEAS.

Syns: resplendens of authors (misidentifications), not Wahlberg, 1844; resplendens ssp. of Hennig (1963d: 925).

Siberian records: See below under M. resplendens Wahlberg.

General distribution: East Palaearctic Region, from Russia (West Siberia, East Siberia , Far East), China (Xizhang, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Gansu, Liaoning, Yunnan, Sichuan), the Korean Peninsula, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) .

Mesembrina decipiens Loew, 1873

Mesembrina decipiens Loew, 1873: 239 . Type-locality: Russia, East Siberia, Lake Baykal, Kultuk. Holotype ♂, ZMHU ( Pont & Werner, 2006: 40).

Mesembrina putziloi Portschinsky, 1873: 57 . Type-locality: Russia, East Siberia, Irkutsk. Holotype ♀, ZIN ( Pont, 2004: 79).

Siberian records: Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 225); Siberia, from Podkamennaya Tunguska in Krasnoyarskiy Kray eastwards ( Zimin, 1951: 228; Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 593); near Biysk ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); Irkutskaya Oblast’, Slyudyanskiy Rayon, Kultuk, Lake Baykal ( Loew, 1873: 239, type-locality of decipiens ); East Siberia and Irkutskaya Oblast’, Listvyanka [as “Lake Baykal, Listvenichnaya” in the original] ( Draber-Moṅko, 1966: 4); Irkutsk ( Portschinsky, 1873: 57, type-locality of putziloi ; Portschinsky, 1875: 29); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 84).

General distribution: East Palaearctic Region, from Russia east of the Urals, Mongolia, the Korean Peninsula and China; Nearctic Region.

Mesembrina intermedia Zetterstedt, 1849

Mesembrina intermedia Zetterstedt, 1849: 3274 . Type-locality: Sweden, Jämtland, Mullfjäll. Lectotype ♂, MZLU (designated by Pont, in press).

Siberian records: Coniferous woods of Siberia as far as Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya] ( Zimin, 1951: 236; Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 593); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); Irkutskaya Oblast’, Slyudyanskiy Rayon, Lake Baykal, Kultuk ( Hennig, 1963d: 918); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 84).

General distribution: Palaearctic Region, from Europe east to China and Russian Far East.

Mesembrina meridiana ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Musca meridiana Linnaeus, 1758: 595 . Type-locality: Europe. Holotype ♂, LSUK ( Pont, 1981a: 170).

Siberian records: Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 232); Tomsk ( Kertész, 1901: 86; Wnukowsky, 1936: 123); forests of all Siberia ( Zimin, 1951: 236; Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 593); south part of Tyumenskaya Oblast’, forest steppe, subtaiga, southern taiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 784, 788); Kurganskaya, Tyumenskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 225); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); Port Baykal near Irkutsk ( Draber-Moṅko, 1966: 5); Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: Verchoyansk, Bagatay, Yakutsk, Khomustakh nasleg ( Sychevskaya, 1972: 148); valley of River Yenisey, taiga: Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseysk and northern taiga: Turukhansk, Verkhneimbatskoe, Yarzevo, Vorogovo, Kureyka, Igarka ( Sychevskaya, 1974: 129); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 84).

General distribution: Palaearctic Region, from Europe east to Russian Far East and China.

Mesembrina mystacea ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Musca mystacea Linnaeus, 1758: 591 . Type-locality: Europe. Holotype ♀, LSUK ( Pont, 1981a: 172).

Siberian records: Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 232); Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 226); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); coniferous forests of Siberia eastward to River Nizhnyaya [Lower] Tunguska and Yakutsk ( Zimin, 1951: 228); Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: Verchoyansk, Bagatay, Yakutsk, Khomustakh nasleg ( Sychevskaya, 1972: 148); valley of River Yenisey, taiga: Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseysk ( Sychevskaya, 1974: 129); West Siberia ( Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 593); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 84).

General distribution: Palaearctic Region, from Europe east to East Siberia and China.

Mesembrina resplendens Wahlberg, 1844

Mesembrina resplendens Wahlberg, 1844: 66 . Type-locality: Sweden, Lule Lappmark, several localities around Kvikkjokk (River Kama, Njunjes, “Valleberget”). Syntypes 4♀, NHRS (seen), 1 ex., NMW (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 438) and 1♀, ZMHU ( Pont & Werner, 2006: 89).

Mesembrina gracilior Zimin, 1951: 238 . Type-localities: Russia, many localities in Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Khabarovskiy Kray, Respublika Sakha, Altay, Urals and Pechora district. Syntypes 23♀, ZIN ( Pont, 2004: 90–91) and 1♀, MZPW (seen).

Siberian records: At present we are unable to confirm the correct identification of the Siberian records of M. resplendens , whether M. ciliimaculata or true M. resplendens , as it is only recently that the identity and nomenclature of Hennig’s “ resplendens ssp.” has been resolved (see above under M. ciliimaculata ). The records of M. resplendens listed below will be reviewed by V.S.S. in a revision of Russian Mesembrina currently being prepared.

Tomskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 226); Altay Mts ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); Altay (confluence of Rivers Balyksy and Tomi), Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: River Amga, Krasnoyarskiy Kray: Baykit, Tunguska ( Zimin, 1951: 239, syntype localities of gracilior ); valley of River Yenisey, northern taiga: Turukhansk, Verkhneimbatskoe, Yarzevo, Vorogovo, Kureyka, Igarka ( Sychevskaya, 1974: 129); Hennig (1963d: 925); Siberia, forest zone ( Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 593); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 85).

General distribution: Palaearctic Region, from Europe east to the Russian Far East and China.