Subgenus Mesonecta Poisson, 1938

Mesonecta Poisson, 1938: 354

(type species: Mesonecta pilosa Poisson, 1938, by monotypy); originally as a separate genus, downgraded to subgenus by Hutchinson (1940).

Diagnosis

Males: pala with a secondary narrow claw, primary claw apically widened; strigil present; median lobe of sternite VII with two long and thick setae; free lobe of tergite VIII rounded apically; shaft of left paramere broad, slightly sinuate, with wide truncate apex; right paramere narrow, straight, with sharply pointed apex (adapted from Hutchinson 1940; Nieser et al. 2005).

Remarks

Hutchinson (1940) described two Asiatic species, M. khasiensis and M. waltoniana, and included both in Mesonecta . Nieser et al. (2005), when establishing the subgenus Unguinecta, transferred those two species to Unguinecta and also provided a detailed comparison between these two subgenera. At the moment, Mesonecta contains only one species, Mesonecta pilosa Poisson, 1938, with its distribution restricted to Madagascar (Nieser et al. 2005).