Combinations

• Mesembrinellinae Shannon, 1926: 116, 117 [original combination, as subfamilia]
• Mesembrinellini — Townsend, 1934: 110 [name combination, reduce to tribus]
• Mesembrinellidae — Guimarães, 1977: 15 [name combination, elevate to familia]

Primary references

• Shannon, R.C. 1926. Synopsis of the American Calliphoridae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 28: 115–139. BHL
• Townsend, C.H.T. 1934. Muscoid notes and descriptions. Revista de Entomologia 4: 110–112.
• Guimarães, J.H. 1977. A systematic revision of the Mesembrinellidae, stat. nov. (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha). Arquivos de Zoologia 29: 1–109.

Additional references

• Bonatto, S.R. & L. Marinoni, 2005. New genera and species of Mesembrinellinae (Diptera, Calliphoridae) from Costa Rica and Venezuela. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22(4): 883–890. Full article (PDF)
• Wolff, M. ; Y. Ramos-Pastrana & J.R. Pujol-Luz, 2013. A new species of Giovanella Bonatto (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Mesembrinellinae) from Colombia. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57(2): 129–132. Full article (PDF)

• Wolff, M.I. & Kosmann, C. 2016. FAMILIES CALLIPHORIDAE AND MESEMBRINELLIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 856–875. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.72 . Reference page. 

• Velásquez, Y., Martínez-Sánchez, A.I., Thomas, A. & Rojo, S. 2017. Checklist and distribution maps of the blow flies of Venezuela (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Mesembrinellidae). ZooKeys 645: 103–132. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.645.6972 Reference page.