Macromeria infradentata ( TURNER 1913) Bartalucci, M. Boni, 2007

Bartalucci, M. Boni, 2007, The Afrotropical genera of the subtribe Meriina (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (2), pp. 1257-1305 : 1286

Macromeria infradentata ( TURNER 1913) nov.comb.

Myzine infradentata TURNER 1913: 728-729

T y p e (-s?): South Africa = " Orange free state Bothaville (Dr Brauns), October, TMP

M a t e r i a l - Botswana = (1) / Botswana (83) 18 mls NE Kalkfontein 12-13.IV.1972 / / Southern African exp. B.M. 1972-1/, BMNH; (1) . Namibia = (1) / S.W. - Afr. Ovamboland 27.VIII.1956 Coll. G. Rudebeck Ondonga /, MZUF. - Botswana = (1) / Botswana (83) 18 mls NE Kalkfontein 12-13.IV.1972 / / Southern African exp. B.M. 1972-1/, BMNH. Namibia = (1) / Ondangua 38km SE Ovamboland SWA SE 1715 Dd 9 May 1971 / / NNIC /; NNMW; (1) / Welverdien 328 Keetmanshop SE 2519 Dd 8-13 Oct 1972 / / NNIC /, NNMW; (1) / NW Etosha nat. park at: 18°43’S, 14à35’E 5 May 1987 J. irish, E. Marais /, NNMW

N o t e. I did not examine the type, but the taxon is easily recognised trhough the original description because of the peculiar inwardly apical supplementary tooth on the mandible, unique in the subtribe. Moreover it has reduced length of the wing and more elongated pronotum. The association of sexes was previously performed by J. Guillarmod in labelling specimens at SAM. The male resembles lighter specimens of semirufa in coloration and differs mainly in having a strongly concave pronotal plate and the aedeagus with a long ventral process.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Namibia, South Africa, Botswana.