Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019

Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Kumar, P. Girish, Binoy, C. & Sureshan, P. M., 2021, A taxonomic study of Methocha Latreille (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4999 (3), pp. 258-272 : 262

1. Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019

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Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar (2019) : 63 (♀, India: Kerala (ZSIK). Diagnosis. Female. Body length 5 mm. Bases of fl 1 –fl 5 brown; ocelli arranged in acute triangle; mesosoma black; head strongly narrowed behind eyes; POD 1.06 × AOD, 0.47 × OOD; apical margin of clypeal lobe rounded; basal metasomal segments black. Male unknown.

Distribution. India: Kerala.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar Holotype ♀. 1. Habitus, lateral view; 2. Habitus, dorsal view; 3. Head and pronotum, lateral view; 4. Antenna; 5. Head, frontal view; 6. Lower half of head, frontal view; 7. Head, dorsal view; 8. Mesosoma, dorsal view.

FIGURES 9–12. Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar Holotype ♀. 9. Mesosoma, lateral view; 10. Metasoma, lateral view; 11. Metasoma, dorsal view; 12. Apical metasomal segments and ovipositor, dorsal view.