Meria rufifrons ( FABRICIUS 1793)

Boni, M., 2009, Afrotropical species of the ancient genus Meria ILLIGER 1807 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1817-1861 : 1841-1842

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scientific name	Meria rufifrons ( FABRICIUS 1793)
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Larra rufifrons FABRICIUS 1793

Meria spinolae WESTWOOD:

Meria rufifrons: JACOT GUILLARMOD (1961: 3-4 , under Myzine (Meira) violaceipennis CAMERON 1905 as its synonym)

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

♀ - Zimbabwe = (1) / Nyamandhlan S. Rhodesia 26.3.1941 Nat. Mus. Rhodesia / / SA Museum/ (blue) /A003189/, SAM; (1) / Turk Mine S. Rhodesia 2.1956/ / SA Museum/ (blue) /A003190/, SAM; (1) / Turk Mine S. Rhodesia 1.12.1957 / SA Museum/ (blue) /A003191/, SAM; (1) / Lonely Mine Matabeleland Dr A.Swale 1915-194/, BMNH .

Ƌ - Zimbabwe = (1) /Lonely Mine Rhodesia H. Swale 22.IV.14 / // Meria rufifrons (Fabr) J.C. Guillarmod det 1949/, BMNH. South Africa = (1) /Nr. Johannesburg Transvaal AJ Cholmley 1906-26/ / see type Plesia continua Cam / / Meria rufifrons (Fabr) J.C. Guillarmod det 1949/, BMNH

Note. I could not examine the type of Plesia continua CAMERON 1905 since I did not

succeed to obtain any loan from Albany Museum, nevertheless its synonymy with rufifrons is highly probable as already stated by TURNER (1910).