page_title: Mesembrinella caenozoica
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Mesembrinella caenozoica / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Holotype of Mesembrinella caenozoica (C) thorax in right dorsolateral view.
context_page_description: Mesembrinella caenozoica is an extinct species of blow fly in the family Mesembrinellidae. The species is solely known from the Middle Miocene Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.
context_section_description: The M. caenozoica  male is 8.5 mm (0.33 in) long, with a black to dark brown abdomen with possible red coloration if viewed at certain angles. The legs are mostly dark brown to blackish brown, with the tibiae and femora also showing reddish or yellowish tones at certain angles of view and the pulvilli darkened. The thorax is also a uniform black to dark brown and the edges of both the metathoracic and prothoracic spiracles are dark brown. The area of the head between the eyes and frontal suture up to the antenna and below the eyes are a yellowish brown in tone. The scape and pedicel of the antennae are black, the postpedicel has a dark brown upper portion and a yellowish underside near the tip. The arista is mostly yellow in tone, though the base of the third aristomere is slightly darkened. The wing is hyaline in coloration with the well developed Alula being composed of an upper whitish calypter and lower infuscated calypter.
caption: Thorax with hairs
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