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As the error message says, the surface was not drawn. Because it was not drawn, it can't be deleted with Sketchup or OpenStudio Inspector tools.
A visual, simple, nothing fancy technique here is to use the OpenStudio Inspector to re-assign the Space to which that surfaces belongs. i.e.
alternatively, try this in the ruby console.
model = Sketchup.active_model.model_interface.openstudio_model
erroneous_surface = model.getSurfaceByName("Surface 171")
erroneous_surface.remove()