Afrotropical Myzininae of the subtribe Meriina (with identification key for the genus Meria Illiger, 1807) (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae)

A key of all known species of the genus Meria Illiger, 1807 of the Afrotropical region is given. Eleven new species are described: Meria aequatorialis n. sp., Meria conophora n. sp., Meria eterodira n. sp., Meria hermonensis n. sp., Meria mhaladai n. sp., Meria namibensis n. sp., Meria ordinaria n. sp., Meria ornativentris n. sp., Meria peripatetica n. sp., Meria shabeella n. sp., Meriodes laticeps n. sp. Two taxa of the genus Poecilotiphia are described from Austral Africa for the first time: Poecilotiphia australis n. sp., Poecilotiphia idioptera n. sp. Lectotypes of Plesia meruensis Cameron, 1910, Meira rufitarsis Cameron, 1910, Myzine (Hemimeria) sublevis Turner, 1908, Myzine (Pseudomeria) neavei Turner, 1911, Myzine umbratica Turner, 1912, Myzine impetuosus Turner, 1913, Myzine basutorum Turner, 1913 are designed and their new combinations under Meria are established. The shift of Meria anomala Boni Bartalucci, 2009 to Afromeria Boni Bartalucci, 2007 is proposed besides the synonymy of Mesa erythrodira Boni Bartalucci, 2013 with Elis (Mesa) arnoldi Turner, 1917.