Meria limata SMITH 1855

Boni, M., 2009, Afrotropical species of the ancient genus Meria ILLIGER 1807 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1817-1861 : 1842

Meria limata SMITH 1855

Meria limata SMITH 1855 . 81 [Lectotype ♀, here designated to ensure name’s proper and consistent use: SouthAfrica = / Int S. Africa / /43 19/ (both rounded) / limata Sm. Type / (autographic) /Type/ (ronded with outer red ring) /B.M.Type Hym. 15.1519/, BMNH!]

Plesia transvaalensis CAMERON 1910: 119 [Lectotype Ƌ, here designated to ensure name’s proper and consistent use: SouthAfrica = / Kransp19.12. 06/ / Plesia transvaalensis Cam. Type / (autographic) /Type Hym 1936 Plesia transvaalensis Cameron/ (red), TMP!]. Syn.nov.

E x a m i n e d s p e c i m e n s:

♀ - South Africa = (2) /Transvaal/ / Meria limata ♀ Sm det 1949 J.C.Guillarmod /, TMP; (1) / Font ??? Capland Dr Brauns 15.1.06/ / Meria limata ♀ Smith det 1949 J.C.Guillarmod /, BMNH; (1) / South Hills Johannesburg Safr 7.11.64 H.N.Empey / / M.limata Smith 1964 Det. H.N.Empey /, /A003200/, SAM .

Ƌ - South Africa = (2) /(2) / Transvaal / / Meria limata ♀ Sm det 1949 J.C.Guillarmod /, TMP; (1) / South Hills Johannesburg Safr 7.11.64 H.N.Empey / / M.limata Smith 1964 Det. H.N.Empey / /A003200/, SAM .

Note. Southafrican students are the authority for the aforesaid synonymy, especially J.C.Guillarmod who determined as M. limata male specimens identical to the Cameron’s type, whose in all probabilty he took notice. The specimens determined by Empey, who certainly based himself on the Guillarmod’s determinations, were probably catched in copula.