Mesa pyxidata ( TURNER 1911) Boni, 2013

Boni, M., 2013, Afrotropical taxa of the genus Mesa SAUSSURE 1892 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1657-1744 : 1688

Mesa pyxidata ( TURNER 1911) comb.nov.

Plesia (Mesa) pyxidata TURNER 1911: 617-618 . Lectotypus (here designated in order to ensure proper name and consistent use) - Zimbabwe = /NE Rhodesia Mid Luangwa vy 23-31 Aug. 1910 3-1,800 f S.A. Neave/ /1911-177/ / Elis (Mesa) pyxidata Turn. Type / (autographic) /Type/ (rounded with red outer ring) BMNH!

Elis (Mesa) pyxidata: TURNER (1912: 709 §).

M a t e r i a l.. Zimbabwe = (1) /S. Rhodesia Belt Bridge IV.1932 / /Miss. A. Mack./ BMNH.

figs 129-131 . Well characterized by ferruginous 6 th tergum, completely wrinkled till apical border and without any smooth or microreticulated stripe along it. Gradulus present on both 3 rd and 4 th terga.

Male unknown.

Apparently confined to Zimbabwe.

Figures

Figs 129-131: Mesa pyxidata:(129) habitus; (130) basal hindtarsomerus; (131) pygidium. Mesa ametalla: (132) gonosquama; (133) volsella; (134) aedeagus. (129: scale bar: 2.5 mm; 131: scale bar: 1 mm; 130,132, 133, 134: scale bar: 0.5 mm).