Key Identification Features
- This feature is quite unusual within the family Tachinidae.
- The wings are mostly transparent, with a distinct yellow-orange coloration at the base.
- Mesembrina meridiana is characterized by a larger body size and the typical rounded body shape of a true fly.
- Multiple genera in this family have robust bodies, bright, distinct patterning, and most have noticeable conspicuous bristles on the head, or on the 4th through 6th abdominal segments of the body.
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