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Tiphiidae

Classification of African and Madagascan tiphiid wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Tiphiidae)

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  • Subfamily Anthoboscinae
    • Genus Anthobosca Guerin, 1838
      • Anthobosca aspericornis (Buysson, 1898) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Anthobosca castanea Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca dimidiata Bartalucci, 2005 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca erythrosoma (Cameron)  (South Africa)
      • Anthobosca fisheri Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca hallucigenia Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca harinhalai Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca insularis F. Smith, 1879
      • (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca madecassa Krombein, 1949 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca mahajangaensis Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca micromeria Bartalucci, 2005 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca namorokaensis Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca nigrimacula Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)
      • Anthobosca toliaraensis Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)
    • Genus Paramyzine Berg, 1898
      • Paramyzine aspericornis (Buysson, 1898) (Zimbabwe)
      • Paramyzine bidentata (Cameron, 1904) (Zimbabwe)
      • Paramyzine erythronota (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)
  • Subfamily Methochinae
    • Genus Methocha Latrielle, 1804
      • Methoca abottii Ashmead, 1903
      • Methoca andrei (Arnold, 1944) (South Africa)
      • Methoca arnoldi (Krombein, 1949) (Madagascar)
      • Methoca braunsi André, 1901 (South Africa)
        • Methoca braunsi cataractae (Arnold, 1934) (Zimbabwe)
      • Methoca cambouei (Saussure, 1891) (Madagascar)
      • Methoca carinata (Arnold, 1934) (Zimbabwe)
      • Methoca cataractae (Arnold, 19**) (Zimbabwe)
      • Methoca concinna Per., 1909 (South Africa)
      • Methoca fulgida (Arnold, 1944) (Zimbabwe)
      • Methoca haemorrhoidalis Westwood, 1881 (South Africa)
      • Methoca incerta (Andre, 1903) (South Africa)
      • Methoca johannis (Arnold, 1944) (South Africa)
      • Methoca lambertoni (Krombein, 1949)
      • Methoca minima Arnold, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Methoca morosa (Arnold, 1934) (Zimbabwe)
      • Methoca mosotuana Per., 1914 (Lesotho, South Africa)
      • Methoca mosutoana Peringuey, 1914 (Zimbabwe)
      • Methoca plesioides (Turner, 1911) (Equatorial Guinea)
      • Methoca poneroides (Arnold, 1934) (Zimbabwe)
      • Methoca procera Péringuey, 1901 (South Africa)
      • Methoca rhodesiana Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)
  • Subfamily Myzininae
    • Genus Afromeria Bartalucci, 2007
      • Afromeria capicola (Turner, 1913)
      • Afromeria microtera Bartalucci, 2007
      • Afromeria poliorykta Bartalucci, 2007
    • Genus Allomeria Bartalucci, 2005
      • Allomeria pinguis (Turner, 1916) (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Braunsomeria Turner, 1912
      • Braunsomeria arnoldi Turner, 1916 (Zimbabwe)
      • Braunsomeria cognata Turner, 1916 (South Africa)
      • Braunsomeria quadratriceps Turner, *** (South Africa)
    • Genus Macromeria Saunders, 1850
      • Macromeria immaculata (Cameron, 1910)
      • Macromeria infradentata (Turner, 1913) (Namibia, Zimbabwe)
      • Macromeria klugi (Westwood, 1835) (South Africa)
      • Macromeria rhousiogastra Bartalucci, 2007
      • Macromeria semirufa (Gerstaecker, 1857) (Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Meria Illiger, 1807
      • Meria abdominalis Guerin, 19** (South Africa)
      • Meria basutorum Turner, 1916 (Lesotho, South Africa)
      • Meria capcicola Turner, 1916 (South Africa)
      • Meria cruenta Turner, 1916 (South Africa)
      • Meria discontinua Schultz, 19** (South Africa)
      • Meria limata Smith, *** (South Africa)
      • Meria pallidipes Turner, 1916 (South Africa)
      • Meria perornata Turner, 1916 (Lesotho, South Africa)
      • Meria rufifrons Fabricious, 1793 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Meria rufinodis Turner, 1910 (Namibia, South Africa)
      • Meria rufonigra Bingham, 1911 (Zimbabwe)
      • Meria sublaevis Turner, 1911 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Meriodes Bartalucci, 2004
      • Meriodes braunsi (Turner, 1912) (South Africa: E. Cape)
      • Meriodes ceresensis (Turner, 1926) (South Africa: W. Cape)
      • Meriodes eurygaster (Turner, 1916) (South Africa: KZN)
      • Meriodes picea Bartalucci, 2004 (South Africa: W. Cape)
    • Genus Mesa Saussure, 1892
      • Mesa abdominalis (Guerin, 1838) (South Africa: WCape)
      • Mesa adelogarnia Turner, 19** (Lesotho, South Africa: KZN, OFS, Gauteng, Zimbabwe)
      • Mesa capensis (Lepeletier, 1845) (South Africa: WCape, N Cape , KZN)
      • Mesa capitata Smith, 18** (Lesotho, South Africa: E. Cape, N Cape, Mpumalanga, OFS, KZN,WCape, Gauteng, Zimbabwe)
      • Mesa erythropoda (Turner, 1908) (Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
      • Mesa haemorhoidalis (Guerin, 1837) (South Africa: WCape)
      • Mesa herero (Turner, **) (Namibia)
      • Mesa heterogarnia (Saussure, ***) (Comoros Islands)
      • Mesa hottentota (Saussure, ***) (South Africa: WCape, N Cape)
      • Mesa incisa (Cameron, 1905) (Namibia, South Africa: E. Cape, WCape, N Cape)
      • Mesa molapo (Jacot-Guillarmod, 1947) (Lesotho, South Africa: Gauteng)
      • Mesa ruficeps (Smith, 1855) (Namibia, South Africa: KZN, Mpumalanga, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
      • Mesa rufofemorata (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa: WCape, N Cape)
      • Mesa spoliata (Turner, 1912) (South Africa: WCape)
      • Mesa xanthocera (Gerstaecker, 1870) (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa: Gauteng, E Cape, WCape, N Cape, KZN, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Zambia)
    • Genus Notomeria Bartalucci, ***
      • Notomeria constrictiventris Turner, 1912 (South Africa: E. Cape, Zimbabwe)
  • Subfamily Tiphiinae
    • Genus Tiphia Fabricius, 1775
      • Tiphia abrupta Turner, 1908 (Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia alecto Arnold, ** (Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia bulawayoensis Arnold, ** (Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia bisinuata de Saussure, 1891 (Madagascar)
      • Tiphia fulvicornis Turner, 1908 (Namibia, Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia incrassata Turner, 1913 (South Africa: Gauteng)
      • Tiphia marginicollis Cameron, 1910 (Tanzania)
      • Tiphia massaica Cameron, 1910 (Tanzania)
      • Tiphia meruensis Cameron, 1910 (Tanzania)
      • Tiphia mlanjiensis Arnold, ** (Malawi)
      • Tiphia monomatapa Turner, 1908 (Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia montivaga Turner, 1913 (Uganda)
      • Tiphia natalensis Smith, 1879 (South Africa)
      • Tiphia pedestris Gerstaecker, 1862 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia persephone Arnold, ** (Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia pilosella Cameron, 1910 (Tanzania)
      • Tiphia scabrosa Gerstaecker, 1862 (Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia sjoestedti Cameron, 1910 (Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia tegularis Turner, 1913 (South Africa,, Zimbabwe)
      • Tiphia tinctipennis Cameron, 1910 (Tanzania)
      • Tiphia transvaalensis Cameron, 1910 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

References

Bartalucci, M.B. 1997. Contribution to the knowledge of the Myzininae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae).  Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 91: 615–639.

Bartalucci, M.B. 2004. Tribe-groups of the Myzininae with special regard to the palaearctic taxa of the tribe Meriini (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 36: 1205–1308.

Bartalucci, M.B. 2005. Anthoboscinae and Myzininae (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae) from Madagascar. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 37: 1077–1097.

Bartalucci, M.B. 2005. Third contribution to the knowledge of the Old World Myzininae (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" [2004-2005] 96: 363-428.

Bartalucci, M.B. 2007. The Afrotropical genera of the subtribe Meriina (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 39: 1257- 1305.
Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera, chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum 5:

Day, M.C., Else, G.R. & Morgan, D. 1981. The most primitive scoliidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of Natural History 15: 671–684.

Kimsey, L.S. 1991. Relationships among the tiphiid wasp subfamilies (Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 16: 427-438.

Kimsey, L.S. 2009. Review of the Malagasy Anthobosca, the bizarre and the sublime (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Anthoboscinae). Zootaxa 2175: 1–18.

Krombein, K.V. 1949. Studies in the Tiphiidae. VII. The Madagascan species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 51: 45–73.

Magretti, P. 1884. Risultati di raccolte imenotterologische nell’Africa Orientale. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturelle di Genova (2ª) 1: 523–567.

Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the British Museum, London. 240 pp.

Turner. R.E. 1920. On some new species and others of Fossorial Hymenoptera in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 17: 489-

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