Synopsis of the Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea) from Honduras.

Mesembrinellidae (Diptera: Oestroidea) is a family of medium size (7-17 mm) neotropical flies. The taxonomic status of the group has been debated but at present it is treated as a family with 53 extant species. Currently, 19 species are recorded in Central America and Mexico with, until now, only two species known from Honduras: Mesembrinella bicolor (Fabricius, 1805) and Souzalopesiella facialis (Aldrich, 1922). For this study, material from the Insect Collection at the Pan-American Agricultural School, Zamorano (EAPZ), was examined. Six species distributed in three genera were found to occur in Honduras. The genus Laneella and the species: Laneella fuscosquamata Whitworth, 2019, Laneella perisi (Mariluis, 1987), Mesembrinella nigrocoerulea Whitworth, 2019, and Mesembrinella socors (Walker, 1861), are recorded for the country for the first time. All species are illustrated, and a map with the known distribution in Honduras is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]