Taxonomic position of Heissothignus and review of the species of Meschia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Meschiidae) Author Malipatil, M. B. Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia. & La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia. Author Yeshwanth, H. M. University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, India. Author Kondorosy, Előd Department of Conservation Biology, Georgikon Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Science, Keszthely, Hungary. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-09-07 5032 2 283 289 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.2.9 1175-5326 5487577 261EB197-F836-4745-8EE8-3606FE7B98DC Key to the species of Meschia 1 Body and appendages, particularly pronotum and hemelytra uniformly pale ochraceous; antennal segment I more than twice as wide as segment II; antennal segment II with numerous long, bristly erect setae [ Australia ]................................................................................................. Meschia barrowensis Malipatil, 2014 – Body and appendages, particularly pronotum, hemelytra, often also head,with at least some brownish markings but never uniformly pale ochraceous; antennal segment I less than twice as wide as segment II; antennal segments with short decumbent setae only ................................................................................................... 2 2 Abdominal terga III–VI without punctures; anterior margin of pronotum with distinct fuscous spots in middle [ China ]............................................................................ Meschia zoui Gao & Malipatil, 2019 – Abdominal terga III–VI medially with punctures; anterior margin of pronotum without distinct fuscous spots in middle.... 3 3 Pronotum with three pairs of fuscous patches on posterior margin, these patches vaguely extending to almost entire length of pronotum but not reaching anterior margin [ Australia ]............................ Meschia woodwardi Scudder, 1957 – Pronotum with fuscous markings of variable size, shape and intensity, often only on posterior margin (as irregularly shaped and spaced spots or patches, or these joined to form one variably shaped fuscous band covering almost entire width on posterior margin) ( Figs. 5 & 6 ), or irregular patches on most of pronotum ( Fig. 8 ), or with two ill-defined broad central longitudinal fasciae along entire length of pronotum ( Fig. 7 ) [ India ]............................... Meschia pugnax Distant, 1910