Mesembrinellidae Explained

Mesembrinellidae is a family of Neotropical flies in the order Diptera, and formerly included in the Calliphoridae. There are 36 described species.^[1]

Taxonomy

• Subfamily Laneellinae Guimarães, 1977^[2]

• Laneella Mello, 1967^[3]

• Laneella fusconitida Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Laneella fuscosquamata Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Laneella nigripes Guimarães, 1977^[2]

• Laneella patriciae (Wolff, 2013)^[5]

• Laneella perisi (Mariluis, 1987)^[6]

• Laneella purpurea Whitworth, 2019^[4]
• Subfamily Mesembrinellinae Giglio-Tos, 1893^[7]

• Mesembrinella Giglio-Tos, 1893^[7]

• Mesembrinella aeneiventris (Wiedemann, 1830)^[8]

• Mesembrinella andina (Wolff, Bonatto & Carvalho, 2014)^[9]

• Mesembrinella anomala (Guimarães, 1977)^[2]

• Mesembrinella apollinaris Séguy, 1925^[10]

• Mesembrinella batesi Aldrich, 1922^[11]

• Mesembrinella bellardiana Aldrich, 1922^[11]

• Mesembrinella bicolor (Fabricius, 1805)^[12]

• Mesembrinella bolivar (Bonatto, 2005)^[13]

• Mesembrinella brunnipes Surcouf, 1919^[14]

• Mesembrinella bullata Whitworth, 2019^[15]

• †Mesembrinella caenozoica Cerretti et al., 2017^[16]

• Mesembrinella carvalhoi (Wolff, Ramos-Pastrana & Pujol-Luz, 2013)^[17]

• Mesembrinella chantryi Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella confusa Séguy, 1925^[10]

• Mesembrinella cordillera (Wolff & Ramos-Pastrana, 2017)

• Mesembrinella currani Guimarães, 1977^[2]

• Mesembrinella cyaneicincta (Surcouf, 1919)^[14]

• Mesembrinella decrepita Séguy, 1925^[10]

• Mesembrinella dorsimacula Aldrich, 1922^[11]

• Mesembrinella epandrioaurantia Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella flavicrura Aldrich, 1925^[18]

• Mesembrinella flavipennis (Macquart, 1844)^[19]

• Mesembrinella formosa Aldrich, 1932^[20]

• Mesembrinella fuscicosta Séguy, 1925^[10]

• Mesembrinella grajauensis (Mello, 1967)^[3]

• Mesembrinella guaramacalensis Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella incompleta Curran, 1934^[21]

• Mesembrinella lanei (Mello, 1967)^[3]

• Mesembrinella lara (Bonatto, 2005)^[13]

• Mesembrinella latifrons (Mello, 1967)^[3]

• Mesembrinella longicercus Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella mexicana Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella nigrifrons (Bigot, 1878)^[22]

• Mesembrinella nigrocoerulea Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella obscura (Wolff, 2017)

• Mesembrinella pauciseta Aldrich, 1922^[11]

• Mesembrinella peregrina Aldrich, 1922^[11]

• Mesembrinella pictipennis Aldrich, 1922^[11]

• Mesembrinella purpurata Aldrich, 1922^[11]

• Mesembrinella randa (Walker, 1849)^[23]

• Mesembrinella semiflava Aldrich, 1925^[18]

• Mesembrinella semihyalina Mello, 1967^[3]

• Mesembrinella serrata Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella socors (Walker, 1861)^[24]

• Mesembrinella spicata Aldrich, 1925^[18]

• Mesembrinella townsendi Guimarães, 1977^[2]

• Mesembrinella transposita Séguy, 1925^[10]

• Mesembrinella umbrosa Aldrich, 1922^[11]

• Mesembrinella uniseta Aldrich, 1925^[18]

• Mesembrinella velasquezae Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella violacea Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella vogelsangi (Mello, 1967)^[3]

• Mesembrinella woodorum Whitworth, 2019^[4]

• Mesembrinella xanthorrhina (Bigot, 1887)^[25]

• Mesembrinella zurquiensis Whitworth, 2019^[4]
• Subfamily Souzalopesiellinae Guimarães, 1977^[2]

• Souzalopesiella Guimarães, 1977^[2]

• Souzalopesiella facialis (Aldrich, 1922)^[11]

Notes and References

1. Tonus Marinho . Marco Antonio . Wolff . Marta . Ramos-Pastrana . Yardany . de Azeredo-Espin . Ana Maria Lima . de Souza Amorim . Dalton . The first phylogenetic study of Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea) based on molecular data: clades and congruence with morphological characters . Cladistics . 2017 . 33 . 2 . 134–152 . 10.1111/cla.12157 . 34710970 . 87271179 . 2 June 2020. free .
2. Guimarães . J. H. . A systematic revision of the mesembrinellidae, stat. nov. (diptera, cyclorrhapha) . Arquivos de Zoologia . 1977 . 29 . 1 . 1–109 . 10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v29i1p1-109 . 2 June 2020. free .
3. Mello . R.P. . Contribuição ao estudo dos Mesembrinellinae sul americanos (Dipt., Calliphoridae) . Studia Entom . 1967 . 10 . 1–80.
4. Whitworth . T.L. . Yusseff-Vanegas . S . A revision of the genera and species of the Neotropical family Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea) . Zootaxa . 2019 . 4659 . 1 . 1–146 . 11 April 2024.
5. Wolff . M. . A new species of Mesembrinella (Diptera: Calliphoridae: Mesembrinellinae) from Colombia . Revista Colombiana de Entomologia . 2013 . 39 . 1 . 120-124.
6. Mariluis . J.C. . Una nueva especie de Mesembrinellidae (Insecta, Diptera) . Eos . 1987 . 63 . 107-113.
7. Giglio-Tos . D. E. . Diagnosi di nouvi generi e di nouve specie di Ditteri . Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Universitá di Torino . 1893 . 8 . 147 . 1–11.
8. Book: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten . 1830 . 2 . 21 April 2020.
9. Wolff . Marta . Bonatto . Sionei R. . de Carvalho . Claudio J. B. . Review of Thompsoniella Guimarães with description of a new species from Colombia (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Mesembrinellinae) . Revista Brasileira de Entomologia . 2014 . 58 . 4 . 319–325 . 5 June 2020 . 1806-9665.
10. Séguy . E. . Espèces nouvelles du genre Mesembrinella G.T. . Encyclopedia Entomological. Diptera, Serie. B2 . 1925 . 2 . 195–196.
11. Aldrich . John Merton . The Neotropical muscoids genus Mesembrinella Giglio-Tos and other testaceous flies . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1922 . 1 . 1–24 . 2 June 2020.
12. Book: Fabricius . Johann Christian . Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species . 1805 . Apud Carolum Reichard . Bransvigae . i-xiv, 1–373. 5 June 2020.
13. Bonatto . Sionei R. . Marinon . Luciane . Gêneros e espécies novos de Mesembrinellinae (Diptera, Calliphoridae) da Costa Rica e Venezuela . Revista Brasileira de Zoologia . 2005 . 22 . 4 . 883–890 . 10.1590/S0101-81752005000400012 . 2 June 2020 . New genera and species of Mesembrinellinae (Diptera, Calliphoridae) from Costa Rica and Venezuela. free .
14. Surcouf . J. M. R. . Revision dês Muscidae Testaceae. In: Aldrich, J. M. 1922. A catalogue of North American Diptera . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1919 . 62 . 1–24.
15. Whitworth . T.L. . Yusseff-Vanegas . S . A revision of the genera and species of the Neotropical family Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea) . Zootaxa . 2019 . 4659 . 1 . 1–146 . 11 April 2024.
16. Cerretti . P . Stireman . JO III . Pape . T . O'Hara . JE . Marinho . MAT . Rognes . K . Grimaldi . DA . 2017 . First fossil of an oestroid fly (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) and the dating of oestroid divergences . PLOS ONE . 12 . 8 (e0182101) . 10.1371/journal.pone.0182101 . 5568141 . 28832610 . e0182101 . free .
17. Wolff . Marta . Ramos-Pastrana . Yardany . Luz . José Roberto Pujol . A new species of Giovanella Bonatto (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Mesembrinellinae) from Colombia . Revista Brasileira de Entomologia . 2013 . 57 . 2 . 129–132 . 10.1590/S0085-56262013005000013 . 3 June 2020. free .
18. Aldrich . J.M. . New Diptera or two-winged flies in the United States National Museum . Proceedings of the United States Natural Museum, Washington . 1925 . 66 . 18 . 1–36 . 3 June 2020.
19. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxième.—3e partie. "1843" . 1844 . Roret . Paris . 304.
20. Aldrich . J.M. . A new genus and two new species of muscoid flies from Guatemala . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 1932 . 34 . 23-25 . 11 April 2024.
21. Curran . C.H. . The Diptera of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana, with descriptions of new species from other British Guiana localities . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 1934 . 66 . 287–532 . 21 February 2021.
22. Bigot . J.M.F. . Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. 9e partie. XII. Genres Phumosia, Pyrellia, Cosmina, ochromyia, et Curtonevra. XIII. Genres Ocyptera (Latr.), Ocypterula, Exogaster (Rond.) . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 1878 . 8 . 5 . 31-47 . 29 January 2023.
23. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV.. 1849 . British Museum . London . [3] + 689-1172 + [2]. 20 October 2022.
24. Walker . F. . Characters of undescribed Diptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S. &c. [part]. ]. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . New Series . 1861 . 5 . 297-334 . 8 July 2023.
25. Bigot . JMF . Note in Séance du 9 novembre 1887: “– M. J.-M.-F. Bigot présente les diagnoses abrégées de quelques diptères nouveaux, provenant de l'Amérique du Nord, dont les descriptions détaillées seront publiées ultérieurement . Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France . 1887 . [1887] 21 . clxxii–clxxiv.