Meruana elegans Delucchi (Eulophidae)

Baur, Hannes, 2001, The Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea) described by Vittorio Delucchi: an annotated catalogue, Journal of Natural History 35 (1), pp. 55-125 : 94

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/002229301447899
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10540975
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scientific name	Meruana elegans Delucchi (Eulophidae)
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Meruana elegans Delucchi, 1962d: 368 . Holotype m, Tanzania: Province Arusha, Mt. Meru, NW slope, Olkokola (MRAC [examined]).

Material. HOLOTYPE m (cp, left ¯agellum and right antenna lacking) labelled` HOLOTYPUS [orange±red, not original]; COLL. MUS. CONGO Tanganyika Terr.: Mt Meru, Versant N. O., Olkokola 2500±2600 m. 3/8-VII-57; Mission Zoolog. I.R.S.A.C. en Afrique orientale (P. Basilewsky et N. Leleup); HOLOTYPE [red]; MERUANA elegans n. sp. V. Delucchi det.’ (metanotum and metasoma illustrated, 1962d: 369, ®gure 3). One slide (sc) labelled`45; MERUANA n. g elegans n. sp. antenna m’ with right antenna of holotype.

Remarks. BoucÏek (1976: 354) suggested that elegans might be a junior synonym of Meruana camerounensis (Risbec) .

Status. Meruana elegans Delucchi.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Orthoptera
Family	Acrididae
Genus	Meruana