Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898

Shah, Muzamil Syed, Usmani, Hd. Kamil, Ali, Mohd & Dar, Afaq Ahmad, 2021, Description of a new species of the genus Ruspolia (Schulthess, 1898) (Conocephalinae: Copiphorini) from Kashmir, India, Zootaxa 4966 (4), pp. 483-486 : 484

Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898

Diagnosis: Tegmina elongate, not extending over tip of ovipositor. Notch between frons and the fastigium closed, basal and apical processes absent. Fastigium extending beyond base of antenna and apex rounded in shape. Lateral carinae present or absent on pronotum, posterior invagination weak. Ovipositor straight and long, as long as hind femur.

Key to Indian species of Ruspolia

1- Lateral carina on pronotum present....................................................................... 2

- Lateral carina on pronotum absent............................................... Ruspolia lineosa (Walker, 1869)

2- Pronotum rounded at the posterior, male last abdominal tergite with a median depression..................................................................................................... Ruspolia interrupta (Walker, 1869)

- Pronotum rounded at the posterior with a small median incision (Fig. 4), male supranal plate without median depression (Fig. 9)............................................................................. Ruspolia kashmira sp. nov.