Mesa picta BONI BARTALUCCI 2004

Boni, M., 2013, Afrotropical taxa of the genus Mesa SAUSSURE 1892 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1657-1744 : 1691

Mesa picta BONI BARTALUCCI 2004

Mesa picta BONI BARTALUCCI 2004a: 375-379 . H o l o t y p u s: Senegal = / Senegal Nioro du Ryi IX.1985 malaise trap/ BMNH. Paratypes - Senegal = (1) /Seneg/ MSNG. Angola = (1) / Angola / B.MNH. Paratype - Senegal = (2) / Senegal Nioro du Ryi IX.1985 malaise trap/ BMNH

M a t e r i a l.. Senegal = (1) / Senegal Nyoro du Ryi IX.1985 Malaise trap/ BMNH.. Senegal = (7) / Senegal Nyoro du Ryi IX.1985 Malaise trap/ BMNH.

Female: figs 164-165 . Male: figs 166-168.

D i s t r i b u t i o n r a n g e. Hitherto largely disjoined records along Atlantic coast. Well distinct female taxon by the large light markings throughout the body.

Figures

Figs 164-165: Mesa picta: habitus. Figs 166-168: Mesa picta: (166) gonosquama; (167) volsella; (168) aedeagus; (164: scale bar: 2.5 mm; 165-168: scale bar: 0.5 mm).