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Thynnidae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical thynnid wasps

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

  • Subfamily Anthoboscinae

    • Genus Anthobosca Guérin de Méneville, 1838

      • Anthobosca aspericornis (Buysson, 1898) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Anthobosca castanea Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)

      • Anthobosca dimidiata Boni Bartalucci, 2005 (Madagascar)

      • Anthobosca erythrosoma (Cameron) (South Africa)

      • Anthobosca fisheri Kimsey, 2009 (Madagascar)

      • Anthobosca flagellaria Turner, 1920 (South Africa)

      • 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 Boni 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) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Paramyzine erythronota (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)

  • Subfamily Methochinae

    • Genus Methocha Latrielle, 1804

      • Methoca abottii Ashmead, 1903

      • Methoca andrei Arnold, 1944 (South Africa)
      • Methoca arcuata Kimsey, 2011 (Madagascar)

      • Methoca arnoldi Krombein, 1949 (Madagascar)

      • Methoca braunsi André, 1901 (South Africa)

      • Methoca cambonini (Saussure, 1891) (Madagascar)

      • Methoca carinata Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)

      • Methoca cataractae Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)

      • Methoca concinna Péringuey, 1909 (South Africa)
      • Methoca depressa Kimsey, 2011 (Madagascar)

      • Methoca flavipalpus Kimsey, 2011 (Madagascar)

      • Methoca fulgida Arnold, 1944 (Zimbabwe)

      • Methoca haemorrhoidalis Westwood, 1881 (South Africa)

      • Methoca impunctata Kimsey, 2011 (Madagascar)

      • Methoca incerta Andre, 1903 (South Africa)

      • Methoca johannis Arnold, 1944 (South Africa)

      • Methoca lambertoni Krombein, 1949 (Madagascar)

      • Methoca minima Andre, 1901 (South Africa)

      • Methoca morosa Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)

      • Methoca mosotuana Péringuey, 1914 (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Methoca nasiformis Kimsey, 2011 (Madagascar)

      • Methoca plesioides (Turner, 1911) (Equatorial Guinea)

      • Methoca poneroides Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)

      • Methoca procera Péringuey, 1901 (South Africa)

      • Methoca rhodesiana Arnold, 1934 (Zimbabwe)

      • Methoca robusta Kimsey, 2011 (Madagascar)

      • Methoca strigosa Kimsey, 2011 (Madagascar)

  • Subfamily Myzininae

    • Genus Afromeria Boni Bartalucci, 2007

    • Genus Allomeria Boni Bartalucci, 2005

    • Genus Braunsomeria Turner, 1912

      • Braunsomeria albohirta Turner, 1927 (Zimbabwe)

      • Braunsomeria arnoldi Turner, 1917 (Zimbabwe)

      • Braunsomeria atriceps Turner, 1912 (South Africa)

      • Braunsomeria cognata Turner, 1920 (South Africa)

      • Braunsomeria glyptocorra Boni Bartalucci, 2011 (Botswana)

      • Braunsomeria micans Boni Bartalucci, 2011 (Botswana)

      • Braunsomeria peringueyi Turner, 1920 (South Africa)

      • Braunsomeria quadraticeps Turner, 1912 (South Africa)

    • Genus Macromeria Saunders, 1850

    • Genus Meria Illiger, 1807

      • Meria anomala Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria basutorum (Turner, 1913) (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Meria bonaespei (Turner, 1926) (South Africa)

      • Meria cingulata (Gerstaecker, 1857) (Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa)

      • Meria cruenta (Turner, 1916) (South Africa)

      • Meria dasymetopa Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (South Africa)

      • Meria deiandra Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria diapyrogastra Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria discontinua Schultz, 1906 (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)

      • Meria dissimilis Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria erythraea Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Eritrea)

      • Meria fusiformis (de Geer, 1778) (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)

      • Meria gradilis Bartalucci 2005 (Madagascar)

      • Meria inconspicua (Turner, 1913) (South Africa)

      • Meria lasiotera Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria leucospila Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria limata Smith, 1879 (Mozambique, South Africa)

      • Meria luteipes Bartalucci 2005 (Madagascar)

      • Meria masaica Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Kenya)

      • Meria micruroides Boni Bartalucci, 2004 (Somalia)

      • Meria multipicta (Turner, 1913) (South Africa)

      • Meria namachorites Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria neavei (Turner, 1911) (South Africa)

      • Meria oinodes Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria pallidipes (Turner, 1916) (South Africa)

      • Meria perornata Turner, 1916 (Lesotho, South Africa)

      • Meria phainoprocta Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria pulchella Boni Bartalucci, 2004 (Sahel region)

      • Meria quadrata (Turner, 1913) (South Africa)

      • Meria rufifrons Fabricius, 1793 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Meria rufinodis Turner, 1910 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Meria rufonigra Bingham, 1911 (Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Meria servillei (Guérin, 1837) (South Africa)

      • Meria stenogastra Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria sublevis Turner, 1911 (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Meria trachelopsila Boni Bartalucci, 2009 (Namibia)

      • Meria umbratica (Turner, 1912) (Botswana, South Africa)

      • Meria vonizongo Krombein, 1949 (Madagascar)

    • Genus Meriodes Boni Bartalucci, 2007

    • Genus Mesa Saussure, 1890

      • Mesa abdominalis (Guérin, 1838) (South Africa: W. Cape)

      • Mesa adelogarnia Turner, 1908 (Lesotho, South Africa: KZN, OFS, Gauteng, Zimbabwe)

      • Mesa capensis (Lepeletier, 1845) (South Africa: W Cape, N Cape , KZN)

      • Mesa capitata Smith, 1879 (Lesotho, South Africa: E. Cape, N Cape, Mpumalanga, OFS, KZN, W Cape, Gauteng, Zimbabwe)

      • Mesa erythropoda (Turner, 1908) (Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

      • Mesa haemorhoidalis (Guérin, 1837) (South Africa: W Cape)

      • Mesa herrero (Turner, 1935) (Namibia)

      • Mesa heterogamia (Saussure, 1892) (Mozambique)

      • Mesa hottentotta (Saussure, 1892) (South Africa: W Cape, N Cape)

      • Mesa hova (Turner) 1908 (Madagascar)

      • Mesa incisa (Cameron, 1905) (Namibia, South Africa: E. Cape, W Cape, N Cape)

      • Mesa krombeini Bartalucci 2005 (Madagascar)

      • Mesa madecassa Krombein 1949 (Madagascar)

      • Mesa molapo (Jacot-Guillarmod, 1947) (Lesotho, South Africa: Gauteng)

      • Mesa marovatana Krombein 1949 (Madagascar)

      • Mesa nodosa (Guérin, 1837) (Madagascar)

      • Mesa ruficeps (Smith, 1855) (Namibia, South Africa: KZN, Mpumalanga, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

      • Mesa rufofemorata (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa: W Cape, N Cape)

      • Mesa spoliata (Turner, 1912) (South Africa: W. Cape)

      • Mesa saussurei (Turner) 1910 (Madagascar)

      • Mesa tandrona Krombein 1949 (Madagascar)

      • Mesa xanthocera (Gerstaecker, 1870) (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa: Gauteng, E Cape, W Cape, N Cape, KZN, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Zambia)

    • Genus Myzinella Guiglia, 1959

      • Myzinella festiva Boni Bartalucci, 2005 (Madagascar)

      • Myzinella minima Kimsey, 2011 (Madagascar)

      • Myzinella swalei (Turner, 1911) (South Africa)

    • Genus Notomeria Boni Boni Bartalucci, 2011

      • Notomeria constrictiventris (Turner, 1912) (South Africa: E. Cape, Zimbabwe)

      • Notomeria mutilloides (Turner, 1913) (Zimbabwe)

      • Notomeria namibiana Boni Bartalucci, 2011 (Namibia)

    • Genus Zezelda Argaman, 1994

      • Zezelda stigma (Turner, 1912) (South Africa)

Comments

 The re-classification of the Vespoidea into a number of superfamilies proposed by Pilgrim et al. (2008) and adopted by Peters et al. (2017) and Branstetter et al. (2018) has not been followed here yet, for reasons outlined in Brothers (2019). The exception is recognition of the family Thynnidae incorporating various taxa previously included in the Tiphiidae, a hypothesis that appears to have fairly robust support (albeit only based on molecular evidence), and recognition of which has been widely adopted across various platforms. We retain this newly proposed family together with the historically recognized families within the single superfamily Vespoidea, until such time that stronger phylogenetic evidence, based on both molecular as well as morphological appraisal, becomes available for supporting additional splitting at superfamily level within this group.

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Credits

Photographs © Lynn Kimsey (Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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