Mesembrinella bolivar (Bonatto in Bonatto & Marinoni, 2005)

Whitworth, Terry L. & Yusseff-Vanegas, Sohath, 2019, A revision of the genera and species of the Neotropical family Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea), Zootaxa 4659 (1), pp. 1-146 : 58

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4659.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5587005
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scientific name	Mesembrinella bolivar
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Key to species of the M. bolivar species-group

1 Male with cercus and surstylus in lateral view not widely separated in lateral view (Bonatto & Marinoni, fig. 11); base of cercus not enlarged, without dense comb of setae (as in Fig. 37 View FIGURES 33–38 ); ST5 of typical shape ( Bonatto & Marinoni 2005: fig. 13)....... 2

- Male with cercus and surstylus widely separated in lateral view ( Figs. 31 View FIGURES 27–32 , 33 View FIGURES 33–38 ); base of cercus enlarged, with dense comb of setae posteriorly ( Figs 31–34 View FIGURES 27–32 View FIGURES 33–38 ); ST5 of unusual shape ( Figs 247–248 View FIGURES 239–251 )................................................. 3

2 Legs mostly brown, except femora orange with apical 1/4 reddish-brown; spiracles orange; wing infuscated along anterior edge of costa up to R 2+3; surstylus and cercus broader ( Bonatto & Marinoni 2005: figs 13–14)...................... M. bolivar

- Legs, including femora dark brown; anterior spiracle yellow-orange, posterior spiracle dark brown; wing hyaline; cells near base of wing darkened, veins with faint darkening; epandrium with surstylus and cercus narrower ( Wolff et al. 2017: figs 10–11)..................................................................................... M. carvalhoi

3 Tip of T5 orange in both sexes, larger in male. Male: epandrium orange ( Fig. 492 View FIGURES 489–497 ); terminalia as in Figs 31–32 View FIGURES 27–32 ; female terminalia as in Fig. 291............................................................. M View FIGURES 288–293 . epandrioaurantia sp. nov.

- Tip of T5 and epandrium shining blue, concolorous with rest of abdomen ( Fig. 461 View FIGURES 460–464 ); epandrium, cerci and surstyli as in Figs 33–34 View FIGURES 33–38 ; [female unknown].............................................................. M. woodorum sp. nov.