Mberu Capellari & Amorim, 2011

Silva, Paulo Cesar, Capellari, Renato S. & Oliveira, Sarah S., 2025, Revision and morphological phylogeny of the Neotropical genus Mberu Capellari & Amorim (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of twelve new species, Zootaxa 5637 (3), pp. 469-514 : 472

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E1718F54-6375-4DF0-8ACF-EF4D87E12381
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15562658
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B18E5C-FF9C-FFC4-5AAD-4804FAE3F9D0
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mberu Capellari & Amorim
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Mberu Capellari & Amorim View in CoL

Mberu Capellari & Amorim, 2011: 39 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . Type species: Mberu pepocatu Capellari & Amorim, 2011: 40 View in CoL View Cited Treatment (original designation).

Diagnosis. Male. Antennal postpedicel triangular, with acute apex, arista-like stylus dorsally inserted ( Figs 1C View FIGURE 1 , 5C View FIGURE 5 , 20C View FIGURE 20 ). Posterior slope of mesonotum distinctly flattened; acr s biseriate, six pairs of dc s (three posteriormost conspicuously larger). Wing membrane hyaline ( Figs 4F View FIGURE 4 , 6F View FIGURE 6 ) or sometimes with conspicuous modifications of the venation (some species of pepocatu group) ( Figs 3F View FIGURE 3 , 5G View FIGURE 5 , 7D View FIGURE 7 ), veins R 4+5 and M 1 beyond dm-m parallel ( Fig. 6F View FIGURE 6 ) or converging at wing apex ( Figs 3F View FIGURE 3 , 4F View FIGURE 4 , 5G View FIGURE 5 ); distance between R 4+5 and M 1 at costal section between R 4+5 and M 1 shorter than half-length of crossvein dm-m ( Figs 3F View FIGURE 3 , 4F View FIGURE 4 , 5G View FIGURE 5 , 6F View FIGURE 6 , 7D View FIGURE 7 ); M 1 ending anterior of wing apex ( Figs 1F View FIGURE 1 , 3F View FIGURE 3 , 4F View FIGURE 4 , 5G View FIGURE 5 , 6F View FIGURE 6 , 7D View FIGURE 7 ). Legs sometimes with conspicuous modified rows of setae (MSSC) ( Figs 3E View FIGURE 3 , 4C, D View FIGURE 4 , 5D View FIGURE 5 , 6D View FIGURE 6 , 16D View FIGURE 16 , 18C, E View FIGURE 18 ); tarsus I with ventral surface entirely bare (MSSC) ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ). Female. Similar to male, except for MSSCs and as noted: Wing membrane hyaline or sometimes with conspicuous modifications of the venation (some species of pepocatu group, but less pronounced than in males) ( Figs 3G View FIGURE 3 , 5H View FIGURE 5 , 6G View FIGURE 6 ). Oviscapt telescoping into proximal segments, acanthophorites (tergites 9+10) flattened, prolonged and fused with cercus, dorsally divided in two disconnected hemitergites, and with apical spines ( Capellari & Amorim 2011, figs 8, 9; Fig. 22B–D View FIGURE 22 ).