Mesa innotata ( TURNER 1908)

Boni, M., 2013, Afrotropical taxa of the genus Mesa SAUSSURE 1892 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1657-1744 : 1687

Mesa innotata ( TURNER 1908)

Plesia (Mesa) innotata TURNER 1908: 506-507 . T y p u s - Zimbabwe OUM.

Elis (Mesa) innotata: TURNER (1912: 709) .

M a t e r i a l.. Malawi = (1) /Nyasaland Mlanje Boma 2400 ft 26-30 Apl & 5 May 1910 S.A. Neave / / Mesa innotata (Turn) det 1947 C.J. Guillarmod / BMNH; (1) / Nyasaland Mlanje. May 6 1913 S.A. Neave 1913-140/ / Mesa innotata (Turner) det 1947 CJ Guillarmod / BMNH .

Female: figs 113-114.

The identification of this taxon is hitherto somehow uncertain, since the type at OUM actually can not be found (personal information by Mr J.E. Hogan Hope Entomological Collections, OUM). The present description has been based on specimens so labelled by Jacot Guillarmod who did not refer anything about direct examination of the type.

Gradulus present also on 3 rd tergum. Deep furrow on mid propodeal disk. Dark brown/black legs.

Male unknown. One specimen bears the same label of the type of M. ametalla and TURNER (1912) hinted at their coupling, but no further proof was furnished.