Mesa nyanzae ( TURNER 1913) Boni, 2013

Boni, M., 2013, Afrotropical taxa of the genus Mesa SAUSSURE 1892 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1657-1744 : 1690

Mesa nyanzae ( TURNER 1913) comb.nov.

Elis (Mesa) nyanzae TURNER 1912: 709 . Lectotypus (here designated in order to ensure proper name and consistent use): Kenya = /Brit. E. Africa Lusinga I. E. Vic. Nyanza Apl. 25-26. 19II S.A. Neave/ /1912-193/ /Elis (Mes) Nyanzae Type Turn / (autographic) BMNH.

figs 147-149 . Opaque ventral edge of the clypeus, laminated foreborder of pronotal disk with no anteroventral tooth. Two short prallelel longitudinal keels on ventral petiole.

Distribution range: Typical locality. In the original diagnosis Turner hinted to eventual coupling with M. euryclea (= angolensis), but there is no proof about and the typical localities do not suit well. On the contrary it could be the male of the new taxon M. hyloides .

Figures

Figs 147-149: Mesa nyanzae: (147) gonosquama; (148) volsella; (149) aedeagus. Figs 150-153: Mesa diversicornis: (150) head and antennae, frontal aspect; (151) gonosquama; (152) volsella; (153) aedeagus; (150: scale bar: 2.5 mm; 147-149, 151-153: scale bar: 0.5 mm).