Mesa hova ( TURNER 1908)

Boni, M., 2013, Afrotropical taxa of the genus Mesa SAUSSURE 1892 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1657-1744 : 1686

Mesa hova ( TURNER 1908)

Plesia (Mesa) hova TURNER 1908: 504-505 – Lectotypus (here designated in order to ensure

name proper and consistent use): Madagascar = / Tamatave XII-I / / Plesia (mesa) hova Turner

Type / / Type / (red with red outer ring) BMNH! Elis (Mesa) hova TURNER 1912: 707 . Mesa nodosa: KROMBEIN (1948: 62-64 &). Mesa hova: BONI BARTALUCCI (2005: 1085 &).

M a t e r i a l.. Madagascar = (6) /Betroka I.33 A. Seyrig Coll/ CUIC;. Madagascar = (2) /Betroka I.33 A. Seyrig Coll/ CUIC; (1) /Ihosy Madag. III.33 A. Seyrig Coll/ CUIC; (1) /Maroantsetra Madagasc./ CUIC.

Endemic to Madagascar. Female ( figs 111-112 ) and male described by KROMBEIN (1948) under M. nodosa .

Figures

Figs 111-112: Mesa hova:(111) habitus; (112) basal hindtarsomerus. Figs 113-114: Mesa innotata: (113) general aspect; (114) basal hindtarsomerus; (111, 113: scale bar: 5 mm; 112, 114: scale bar: 1 mm).