Abstract
• A systematic taxonomy of the genus Mesa from China has been completed. • Two new species and new records are reported. These species are described and illustrated. • And a key to the Oriental species of the genus is also provided. In this study, a total of eight fossorial aculeate wasps of the tiphiid genus Mesa Saussure, 1892 from China are revised, including two new species, viz., Mesa hongchibaensis sp. nov. , and Mesa glaber sp. nov. . The following species Mesa dimidiata ( Guérin-Méneville, 1837 ) and Mesa nursei ( Turner, 1909 ) are newly recorded from China. The male specimen of Mesa formosensis Tsuneki (1986) is firstly found. In addition, an updated key to the Oriental species of the genus is provided.
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