Machaerothrix Haupt, 1938

Binoy, C., Anju, K., Kumar, P. Girish & Thejass, P., 2020, Description of a new species of spider wasp Genus Machaerothrix Haupt (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from India with reports on its host association and nesting behaviour, Zootaxa 4766 (1), pp. 192-200 : 193

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.1.11
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6FC190A1-DFFF-469E-8F64-C839B3761973
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3804286
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E287B2-FFA6-FFC4-FF35-02C7FBA1F9B9
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Machaerothrix Haupt, 1938
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Genus Machaerothrix Haupt, 1938 View in CoL View at ENA

Machaerothrix Haupt, 1938: 40 View in CoL . Type species: Machaerothrix coactifrons Haupt, 1938 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Females with long, scattered lanceolate setae on upper frons, vertex, pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum. Males without such setae, characterised by having rugose reticulate propodeum, bidentate clypeal apex and an oblique juncture of cu-a and 1A veins on fore wing.

Distribution. China ( Haupt 1938, 1959); Japan ( Yasumatsu 1939); The Philippines ( Tsuneki 1988); Russian Far East ( Lelej 1986, Loktionov & Lelej 2014); Sri Lanka ( Wahis & Krombein 2000); Southern India (new record) ( Fig. 25 View FIGURE 25 ).

Prey. Spiders of the family Salticidae ( Evans & Shimizu 1996; present study).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Pompilidae