Notomeria namibiana, Boni, 2011

Boni, M., 2011, Myzininae of the Old World The subtribe Braunsomeriina (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 363-380 : 378-379

Notomeria namibiana nov.sp.

Holotypus. Namibia: /Regenstein 32 Windhoek SE 2217 Ca 6 Mar 1973 / /H12065//NNIC/, NNM

Paratypus. Namibia: (2) /Windhoek SE 2217 Ca 13-15 Nov 1973 / /NNIC/ NNM (1), MZUF (1)

Male. Holotype Figs 51-66. Measurements: body length = 8 mm.

Black. Flagellum, dark portions of the legs, last two terga and all the sterna and anal hook (8 th sternum) are brown. Tip of mandible, veins and pterostigam, lateroterga are semitransparent brown. Creamy yellow: most of mandibles, small spot along inner and outer contours of eye, two subapical stripes on N 1 disk, apical femurs, upper fore tibia, tarsi, narrow apical stripes with median and lateral extensions of the fore contour on 2 nd to 6 th terga, two lateral irregular spots on 2 nd to 5 th sterna. Hair, spines and calcaria whitish.

Large puncture-less areas before mO, laterally to lO and on vertex. Irregularly sparse p (iS far longer than their diameter) on most of the head (lower frons more densely p), N 1 disk, Sc 1 and Sc 2. PoG depressed, appearing like a stitch Lateral N 1 mostly corrugated. Regular and less sparse p on es 2. em 3 and antero-ventral stripe of lateral P strongly wrinkled. The remainder of P densely p and/or corrugated. Terga sparsely p, sterna almost smooth and shining.

N o t e. It lacks left hind tarsus and last four hind tarsomeri. No variability neither in size neither in colour patterns.

Female. Unknown.

V a r i a b i l i t y.Nodetectabledifferencesbetweenholo-andparatypes.