Masarina mixta Richards, 1962

Gess, Friedrich Wolfgang, 2012, A new species of Masarina Richards 1962 from southern Africa, description of the female of Masarina ceres Gess 1997 and supplementary data on three other species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 25, pp. 83-92 : 88-89

Masarina mixta Richards

Masarina mixta Richards, 1962: 271, ♀; 268 (key to Masarina ). Holotype: ♀, South Africa: Northern Cape: Nieuwoudtville (BMNH); Gess in Gess and Gess 1988: 353 (key to Masarina ); Gess, S.K. 1996: 243, 244, 280, 299, 300, 301 (flower visiting); Gess 1997: 71-73 (key to Masarina ); Carpenter 2001: 19 (listed); Gess and Gess 2003: 57 (flower visiting, abbreviated collecting localities); Gess 2005: 11-14 (key to Masarina ); Gess and Gess 2010: 45 (listed), 108 (flower visiting).

Additional material examined.

SOUTH AFRICA: NORTHERN CAPE: Leliefontein (30.23°S, 18.16°E), 14.x.2002, 1 ♂ (white trap), 21.ix.2004, 3 ♀♀ (yellow trap); Remhoogte (30.23°S, 18.16°E), 7.x.2002, 1 ♂ (white trap) - (all C. Mayer); Sutherland district, Rooikloof Farm (32.26°S, 20.39°E), 30.ix.2009, 2 ♂♂ (visiting pale violet flowers Wahlenbergia near polyclada A. DC., Campanulaceae ), 1.x.2009, 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ (on ground between plants of Wahlenbergia near polyclada), 5.x.2009, 2 ♂♂ (1 ♂ visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada), 8.x.2009, 2 ♂♂ (visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada), 9.x.2009, 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ (1 ♀ visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada; 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ from yellow pan traps associated with Wahlenbergia near polyclada), 10.x.2009, 2 ♀♀ (visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada) - (all F. W. and S. K.Gess); same locality, 10.x.2009 (D. W. Gess), 1 ♀ (visiting pale violet flowers of Wahlenbergia near polyclada) - [all AMG].

Provenance of previously examined specimens as recorded in abbreviated form in Gess and Gess (2003).

SOUTH AFRICA: NORTHERN CAPE: Richtersveld National Park; Kamiesberg; Nieuwoudtville. WESTERN CAPE: Clanwilliam; Clanwilliam/Graafwater; Clanwilliam/Citrusdal.

Floral associations.

Campanulaceae ( Wahlenbergia ). Previously found associated principally with the flowers of various species of Wahlenbergia , less commonly with flowers of Fabaceae : Papilionoideae ( Aspalathus ), Malvaceae ( Hermannia (Mahernia) ), and Scrophulariaceae ( Peliostomum ) (see Gess and Gess 2003: 57).