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Mesa Saussure

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

Mesa Saussure, 1892. Type species. Plesia abdominalis Guérin, 1838.

Nyuka Argaman 1994.
Xylunka Argaman 1994.
Taywola Argaman 1994.

Classification

Mesa abdominalis (Guérin, 1838)

 

Mesa adelogarnia Turner, 1908

 

Mesa campsa Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa capensis (Lepeletier, 1845)

 

Mesa capitata Smith, 1879

Mesa dioica Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa eriosoma Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa erythrodira Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa erythropoda (Turner, 1908)

 

Mesa haemorhoidalis (Guérin, 1837)

 

Mesa herrero (Turner, 1935)

Mesa heterogamia (Saussure, 1892)

Mesa hottentotta (Saussure, 1892)

Mesa hova (Turner, 1908)

Mesa hyloides Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa incisa (Cameron, 1905)

Mesa krombeini Boni Bartalucci, 2005

 

Mesa madecassa Krombein, 1949

Mesa maliana Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa molapo (Jacot-Guillarmod, 1947)

Mesa marovatana Krombein, 1949

Mesa nama Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa nodosa (Guérin, 1837)

 

Mesa oligotyla Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa pentatyla Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa pyrrhoprocta Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa ruficeps (Smith, 1855)

Mesa rufofemorata (Cameron, 1905)

Mesa sahariana Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Mesa spoliata (Turner, 1912)

Mesa saussurei (Turner, 1910)

Mesa tandrona Krombein, 1949

Mesa xanthocera (Gerstaecker, 1870)

Mesa xanthogramma Boni Bartalucci, 2013

Distribution

Afrotropical and Oriental 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. 2011. Myzininae of the Old World. The subtribe Braunsomeriina (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 43: 363-380.

Boni Bartalucci, M.B. 2013. Afrotropical taxa of the genus Mesa Saussure 1892 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 45: 1657-1744.

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

Credits

Photographs © Lynn Kimsey (Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis) or  © Mario Boni Bartalucci (Sezione di Entomologia Museo Zoologico "La Specola").


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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