Afrotropical species of the ancient genus Meria ILLIGER 1807 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae) Boni, M. Linzer biologische Beiträge 2009 2009-12-18 41 2 1817 1861 Boni, 2009 Boni 2009 [178,340,541,563] Leotiomycetes Hemiphacidiaceae Meria GBIF Fungi Helotiales 15 1832 Ascomycota species deiandra sp. nov.    Holotype ♀- Namibia= / Chulon, Narib Ost602 24°10’S 17°42’E MARIENTHALDISTRICT  30 May-5July 1982M-L. Penrith Preser traps, dune/ /H58296/ / NNIC/, NNMW  Paratype ♀- Namibia= (9) /Chulon, naribost 602 24°10’S 17°42’E MARIENTHALDISTRICT 30 May-5June 1982M-L.Penrith Preser traps, dune/ / NNIC/, NMW Female. Holotype. Figs 37-44. Measurements: body length = 7.5 mm; forewing length = 4.5 mm. Blackish, brown and light brown, whitish. Wings poorly darkened. Head and mesosoma are mostly blackish. Brown: most of the scape; tip of mandible; upper side of flagellum; most of legs; LaSt 2; pterostigma; petiole and most of 1 sttergum; shadows on other metameri. Clypeal lamella, mandible, tegula, veins, tarsi and the remainder of metasoma are light brown. Whitish: lateral spots on 2 ndand 3 rdterga; hair; spur; spines. Very short median furrow on the propodeal disk which show wrinkled lateral edges. Base of hypostoma semitransparent and slightly swollen; cOcunbroken ventrally even though weakened at the base of hypostoma. Densely packed pon ventral es 2without pitless areas near LaSt 2which show a stripe of palong inner border. St 3largely p. Poligonal mRdetectable at ✕ 50 throghout but areas on Es 2, Em 3, lateral Pand legs. Transversal very fine mRon 1 stto 5 thmetameri, longitudinal and greater on 6 thtergum. Variability. Paratypesvary in size from 6 to 9 mmand in tonality of the dark colour of head and mesosoma. Ecology: unknown. Male: unknown. Derivatio nominis. From the Greek δεϊ (it lacks) and ανδρ- (rooth of ανήρ, ανδρός = male). H58296 1982-05-30 1982-07-05 1982-05-30 MARIENTHAL, NNIC, NNMW Namibia -24.166666 Chulon 1252 17.7 Narib Ost 15 1832 1 1 holotype