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Meria Illiger

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

Classification

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)
Meria species (South Africa)
Meria species (South Africa)

Distribution

Afrotropical and Palaearctic regions.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Boni 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.

Boni 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.

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

Boni 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.

Boni Bartalucci, M.B. 2007. The Afrotropical genera of the subtribe Meriina (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 39: 1257- 1305.

Boni Bartalucci, M.B. 2009. Afrotropical species of the ancient genus Meria Illiger 1807 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 41: 1817-1861.
Boni Bartalucci, M.B. 2011. Myzininae of the Old World. The subtribe Braunsomeriina (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 43: 363-380.

Brothers, D.J. & Finnamore A.T. 1993. Superfamily Vespoidea (pp. 161-278). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

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

Kimsey, LS. 2011. Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 45–68. doi: 10.3897/JHR.22.1142

Picker, M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.

Credits

Photographs © Mike Picker & Charles Griffiths (University of Cape Town) (published in Struik's Field Guide to Insects of South Africa).


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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