Lyroda Say 1837

Mawadda, N. V. Ayisha, Kumar, P. Girish & Sureshan, P. M., 2021, Additions to the knowledge of the genus Lyroda Say (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from India with the descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 5005 (2), pp. 201-217 : 202

Genus Lyroda Say 1837

Lyroda Say, 1837: 372 . Type species: Lyroda subita Say, 1837 , designated by Patton, 1880: 386.

Morphota Smith, 1856: 293 . Type species: Morphota fasciata Smith, 1856 , designated by Pate, 1937: 41.

Odontolarra Cameron, 1900: 35 . Type species: Odontolarra rufiventris Cameron, 1900 [= Morphota formosa Smith, 1858 ], by monotypy.

Lyrodon Howard, 1901 : pl. 6, fig. 5. Lapsus for Lyroda Say, 1837 . Junior homonym of Lyrodon Goldfuss, 1837 .

Diagnosis. Pronotal collar with three tubercles dorsally and forewing with three submarginal cells (except in some Australian species); second submarginal cell not petiolate, four to six sided. Antennae elongate, scape usually short and stout, flagellomeres longer than broad, those of male unmodified. In female, anterior clypeal margin with several teeth, and in male, anterior clypeal margin usually truncate or with inconspicuously toothed lobe ( Bohart & Menke 1976).

Distribution. Oriental, Ethiopian, Australian, Palearctic (Arabian Peninsula only), Nearctic, and Neotropical Regions.