Mesembrina

Genus of flies

Mesembrina decipiens

Mesembrina is a genus from the fly family Muscidae.^[1][2]

Species

These 14 valid species belong to the genus Mesembrina:

• Mesembrina asternopleuris Fan, 1992 ^{c g}
• Mesembrina aurocaudata Emden, 1965 ^{c g}
• Mesembrina ciliimaculata Fan & Zheng, 1992 ^{c g}
• Mesembrina decipiens Loew, 1873 ^{c g b}
• Mesembrina intermedia (Zetterstedt, 1849) ^{c g}
• Mesembrina latreillii Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ^{i c g b}
• Mesembrina magnifica Aldrich, 1925 ^{c g}
• Mesembrina meridiana (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{c g}
• Mesembrina montana Zimin, 1951 ^{c g}
• Mesembrina mystacea (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{c g}
• Mesembrina nigribasis Kuchta & Savage, 2008 ^{c g}
• [?] Mesembrina pallida (excluded, see taxonomy)
• Mesembrina resplendens Wahlberg, 1844 ^{c g}
• Mesembrina respondens Wahlberg, 1844 ^{c g}
• Mesembrina tristis Aldrich, 1926 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[3] c = Catalogue of Life,^[4] g = GBIF,^[5] b = Bugguide.net^[6]

Taxonomy

For Mesembrina pallida (Say, 1829) ^{c g} this is treated in some schemes as Nomen dubium, therefore excluded.

For Mesembrina decipiens also see the junior synonym Hyperdermodes solitaria Knab, 1914, given in some sources as Mesembrina solitaria (Knab, 1914) ⁱ

References

1. D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp.
2. Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. Vol. 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. pp. 280pp.
3. "Mesembrina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
4. "Browse Mesembrina". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
5. "Mesembrina". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
6. "Mesembrina Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-13.