identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03BA4074F366FF9DFF1689BBB06BE723.text	03BA4074F366FF9DFF1689BBB06BE723.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena Shuckard 1838	<div><p>Genus Spilomena Shuckard, 1838</p> <p>Celia Shuckard, 1837: 182. Type species: Celia troglodytes (Van der Linden, 1829) [= Stigmus troglodytes Van der Linden], by original designation and monotypy. Junior homonym of Celia Zimmermann, 1832.</p> <p>Spilomena Shuckard, 1838: 79. Substitute name for Celia Shuckard, 1837.</p> <p>Microglossa Rayment, 1930: 212. Type species: Microglossa longifrons Rayment, by original designation. Junior homonym of Microglossa Voight, 1831.</p> <p>Microglossella Rayment, 1935: 634. Substitute name for Microglossa Rayment, 1930.</p> <p>Taialia Tsuneki, 1971: 10. Type species: Taialia formosana Tsuneki, 1971, by original designation and monotypy. Synonymized with Spilomena by Bohart in Bohart and Menke 1976: 41.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Occipital carina absent; hind wing media not diverging before Cu-a, not separated from Cu; fore wing with marginal cell elongate, longer than stigma, closed apically; two closed submarginal cells present; one recurrent vein and two discoidal cells present; stigma large; gaster without petiole; pronotal collar with complete transverse carina.</p> <p>Biology. Members of this genus make their nests in twigs, timber, decayed wood and in buildings (Bohart &amp; Menke 1976; Turillazzi et al. 2014). They prey on thrips, psyllids, coccids and aphids (Blüthgen 1953; Krombein 1956; de Beaumont 1964).</p> <p>Distribution. In all zoogeographical realms (Pulawski 2021).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F366FF9DFF1689BBB06BE723	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
03BA4074F366FF9EFF168CC5B68DE396.text	03BA4074F366FF9EFF168CC5B68DE396.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena Shuckard 1838	<div><p>Key to the Indian species of Spilomena Shuckard</p> <p>1. Inner mandibular tooth broad and blunt.................................................................... 2</p> <p>— Inner mandibular tooth pointed............. S. keralaensis Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar (Fig. 2 of Rajan et al. 2018)</p> <p>2. Interantennal tubercle not distinctly pointed (Figs 2, 10, 18, 22, 30 &amp; 38); mesosoma black or brownish black (Figs 1, 9, 17, 21, 29 &amp; 37); body length 2.5 – 4.6 mm....................................................................... 3</p> <p>— Interantennal tubercle acutely pointed (Fig. 46); mesosoma brownish yellow with few black patches (Fig. 49); body length 5.6 mm.................................................. S. tuberculata Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar, sp. nov.</p> <p>3. Posterior surface of propodeum without median carina (Figs 5, 13, 20 &amp; 37); recurrent vein of fore wing interstitial (Fig. 15) or nearly so (Figs 7 &amp; 31) with first transverse cubital vein.................................................... 4</p> <p>— Posterior surface of propodeum with median carina (Figs 25 &amp; 41); recurrent vein of fore wing received well within first submarginal cell (Figs 27 &amp; 43)............................................................................. 7</p> <p>4. Recurrent vein of fore wing interstitial with first transverse cubital vein (Fig. 15).................................. 5</p> <p>— Recurrent vein of fore wing nearly interstitial with first transverse cubital vein (Fig. 7 &amp; 35).......................... 6</p> <p>5. Body black (Fig. 17); propodeum rugose (Fig. 20).......................................... S. indostana Turner</p> <p>— Mesosoma black with mesoscutum laterally and mesopleuron yellowish brown (Fig. 9); propodeum entirely transversely striate (Fig. 12).................................................. S. fulvopleuris Tessy, Sureshan et Binoy, sp. nov.</p> <p>6. Interantennal tubercle extending into long median carina reaching up to mid frons (Fig. 2); anterior carina of pronotal collar deeply emarginate (Fig. 3); inner eye margin slightly concave (Fig. 2); upper frons and vertex without setigerous punctures (Fig. 2); propodeal dorsum transversely striate, with two median longitudinal carinae; posterior surface of propodeum with irregular transverse ridges; lateral surface of propodeum finely aciculate (Figs 5 &amp; 4); body length 3.5 mm.......................................................................... S. attenboroughi Tessy, Sureshan et Binoy, sp. nov.</p> <p>— Interantennal tubercle extending into short median carina, at most reaching lower frons (Fig. 30); anterior carina of pronotal collar straight (Fig. 31); inner eye margin straight (Fig. 30); upper frons and vertex with setigerous punctures (Fig. 30); propodeal dorsum and posterior surface of propodeum rugose and rugulose, lateral surface of propodeum transversely striate (Figs 33 &amp; 32); body length 4.6 mm........................... S. sahyadriensis Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar, sp. nov.</p> <p>7. Mesopleuron finely reticulate, with several well-defined punctures (Fig. 24); gena imbricate; frons reticulate; anterior carina of pronotal collar slightly emarginate (Fig. 23); stigma elongate (Fig. 27); propodeal enclosure with delimiting furrow; lateral surface of propodeum with transverse ridges (Figs 25 &amp; 24).............. S. reticularis Tessy, Sureshan et Binoy, sp. nov.</p> <p>— Mesopleuron finely aciculate, with ill-defined punctures (Fig. 40); gena finely aciculate; frons imbricate; anterior carina of pronotal collar deeply emarginate (Fig. 39); stigma not elongate (Fig. 43); propodeal enclosure without delimiting furrow; lateral surface of propodeum finely aciculate (Figs 41 &amp; 40).............. S. tsunekii Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar, sp. nov.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F366FF9EFF168CC5B68DE396	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
03BA4074F365FF9FFF16894EB113E744.text	03BA4074F365FF9FFF16894EB113E744.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena attenboroughi Tessy, Sureshan et Binoy 2021	<div><p>Spilomena attenboroughi Tessy, Sureshan et Binoy, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 1–8)</p> <p>Type material: Holotype, ♂, India: Kerala, Kozhikode dt., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.82861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.460555" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.82861/lat 11.460555)">Kinalur</a> (11°27’38’’N &amp; 75°49’43’’E, Alt. 42 m), 17.vii.2020, Coll. C. Binoy, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17150.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Spilomena attenboroughi sp. nov. differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: metasoma yellowish brown; clypeus pale ivory;.; relative length to breadth of scape = 28:8; relative length to breadth of stigma = 45:16; anterior carina of pronotal collar conspicuous, deeply emarginate; recurrent vein of fore wing nearly interstitial with first transverse cubital vein; propodeal dorsum transversely striate, with two longitudinal carinae medially, posterior surface with irregular transverse ridges, lateral surface finely aciculate.</p> <p>Description. Holotype ♂. Body length 3.5 mm; fore wing length 2.3 mm.</p> <p>Colour. Head and mesosoma largely black; metasoma yellowish brown; clypeus and pronotal lobe pale ivory; mandible (except apical tip brown), antenna, tegula and legs yellow, fore wing veins and stigma brown.</p> <p>Vestiture. T3–T7 with setigerous punctures; remaining body with sparse vestiture.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus shiny, without appressed setae, markedly convex (Fig. 2); interantennal tubercle inconspicuous, not distinctly pointed, extending into median carina up to mid frons; mandible bidentate, inner mandibular tooth short and blunt; relative length to breadth of scape = 30:7; lower frons imbricate, upper frons and vertex reticulate without setigerous micropunctures; inner eye margin slightly concave; gena imbricate with no micropunctures.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotum reticulate, laterally with irregular rugae; anterior carina of pronotal collar conspicuous and deeply emarginate; mesoscutum reticulate with setigerous punctures; admedian line and parapsidal line lacking; scutellum reticulate with setigerous punctures, anterior groove of scutellum broad, crenulate; metanotum reticulate, irregularly transversely rugose laterally; mesopleuron reticulate with scattered setigerous punctures posteriorly (Fig. 4); metapleuron with irregular ridges; recurrent vein of fore wing nearly interstitial with first transverse cubital vein; stigma elongate, relative length to breadth = 45:16; propodeal dorsum transversely striate, with two longitudinal carinae medially (Fig. 5), posterior surface with irregular transverse ridges, lateral surface finely aciculate.</p> <p>Metasoma. Integument shiny; T3–T7 with scattered setigerous punctures on entire surface.</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific epithet is a commemorative, genitive noun from the patronym Attenborough after the naturalist and broadcaster, Sir David Frederick Attenborough who has made the world’s natural history accessible and understandable to millions with his outstanding documentaries.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Kerala.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F365FF9FFF16894EB113E744	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
03BA4074F364FF98FF168CE7B113E231.text	03BA4074F364FF98FF168CE7B113E231.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena fulvopleuris Tessy, Sureshan et Binoy 2021	<div><p>Spilomena fulvopleuris Tessy, Sureshan et Binoy, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 9–16)</p> <p>Type material: Holotype, ♂, India: Kerala, Kozhikode dt., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.7401&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.3418" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.7401/lat 11.3418)">Elathur</a> (11°20’30.48’’N &amp; 75°44’24.36’’E, Alt. 23 m), 21.ii.2021, Coll. C. Binoy, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17152.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Spilomena fulvopleuris sp. nov. differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: mesoscutum laterally and mesopleuron ferruginous; relative length to breadth of scape = 20:3; pronotum coriaceous with irregular rugae; propodeum entirely transversely striated without median carina or smooth area.</p> <p>Description. Holotype ♀. Body length 4.6 mm; fore wing length 3.3 mm.</p> <p>Colour. Head and mesosoma largely black; apical margin of clypeus, antennae, femora, tibiae and tarsi pale yellow; mandible (except apical tip brown), tegula, pronotal lobe, all coxae and trochanters whitish; mesoscutum laterally and mesopleuron ferruginous; fore wing veins, stigma and metasoma brown.</p> <p>Vestiture. T2–T6 with setigerous micropunctures posteriorly; ventral margin of T6 with apical suberect setae; remaining body with sparse vestiture.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus dull, without any appressed setae, markedly convex (Fig. 10); interantennal tubercle inconspicuous, not distinctly pointed, extending into median carina up to mid frons; mandible bidentate apically, inner mandibular tooth short, relative length to breadth of scape = 20:3; lower frons imbricate, upper frons and vertex reticulate with setigerous punctures; inner eye margin straight; gena imbricate, without any punctures.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotum coriaceous with irregular rugae, lateral surface with longitudinal rugae; anterior carina of pronotal collar conspicuous and straight; mesoscutum reticulate, with dense micropunctures; admedian line and parapsidal line lacking; scutellum reticulate; anterior groove of scutellum crenulate; metanotum reticulate, longitudinal rugose laterally; mesopleuron reticulate, with scattered setigerous punctures posteriorly (Fig. 12); metapleuron with irregular ridges; stigma elongate, relative length to breadth = 50:14; recurrent vein of fore wing interstitial with first transverse cubital vein; propodeum entirely transversely striate, without median carina or smooth area (Fig. 13).</p> <p>Metasoma. T1 &amp; T2 shiny and impunctate; T3–T6 with scattered setigerous punctures on entire surface; dense brush of short setae at apex of T6.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. The species epithet is after the yellowish brown colouration on the mesopleural region.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Kerala.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F364FF98FF168CE7B113E231	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
03BA4074F362FF99FF1688F6B761E142.text	03BA4074F362FF99FF1688F6B761E142.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena indostana Turner 1918	<div><p>Spilomena indostana Turner, 1918</p> <p>(Figs 17–20)</p> <p>Spilomena indostana Turner 1918: 358, Holotype or syntypes: ♀, India: Maharashtra (BMNH). Digital images of the Type examined. Additional citation: Bohart and Menke, 1976: 193 (in checklist of world Sphecidae).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Female. Inner mandibular tooth broad and blunt; clypeus conspicuously convex medially; propodeum rugose.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Maharashtra (Turner 1918)</p> <p>Note. No additional materials were available during the present study. The above diagnosis is based on the original description (Turner 1918) and digital images of the type obtained from BMNH.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F362FF99FF1688F6B761E142	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
03BA4074F361FF9AFF1688F6B1DDE16B.text	03BA4074F361FF9AFF1688F6B1DDE16B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena keralaensis Tessy, Sureshan & Girish Kumar In 2018	<div><p>Spilomena keralaensis Tessy, Sureshan &amp; Girish Kumar, 2018</p> <p>Spilomena keralaensis Tessy, Sureshan &amp; Girish Kumar In: Rajan et al. 2018: 158, Holotype f#, India: Kerala (ZSIK).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Female (Rajan et al. 2018, figs. 1–10). Inner mandibular tooth pointed; clypeus weakly convex medially, anterior margin slightly incised medially; propodeum areolate with network of coarse ridges, without two longitudinal carinae near middle, with smooth area at apex; lateral face of propodeum with some strong transverse striations anteriorly and large smooth area medially.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Kerala (Rajan et al. 2018).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F361FF9AFF1688F6B1DDE16B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
03BA4074F361FF9AFF168A0AB104E590.text	03BA4074F361FF9AFF168A0AB104E590.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena reticularis Tessy, Sureshan et Binoy 2021	<div><p>Spilomena reticularis Tessy, Sureshan et Binoy, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 21–28)</p> <p>Type material: Holotype, ♀, India: Kerala, Kozhikode dt., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.7401&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.3418" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.7401/lat 11.3418)">Elathur</a> (11°20’30.48’’N &amp; 75°44’24.36’’E, Alt. 23 m), 29.iii.2021, Coll. C. Binoy, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17291.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Spilomena reticularis sp. nov. differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: mesopleuron, mesoscutum and gena finely reticulate; relative length to breadth of scape = 14:3; relative length to breadth of stigma = 22:9; propodeal dorsum rugose, with transverse ridges laterally; propodeal enclosure with delimiting furrow; posterior surface with irregular ridges and median longitudinal carina.</p> <p>Description. Holotype ♀. Body length 2.9 mm; fore wing length 1.8 mm.</p> <p>Colour. Head and mesosoma largely black; metasoma yellowish brown; mandible (except apical tip brown), antenna, tegula and legs yellow, fore wing veins and stigma brown.</p> <p>Vestiture. Scattered setigerous micropunctures on mesosoma; T5–T7 with setigerous punctures; remainder of body with sparse vestiture.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus dull, without appressed setae, slightly convex (Fig. 22); interantennal tubercle inconspicuous, not distinctly pointed, extending into short median carina at most reaching lower frons; mandible bidentate, inner mandibular tooth short and blunt; relative length to breadth of scape = 14:3; lower frons imbricate; upper frons and vertex reticulate, without setigerous micropunctures; inner eye margin straight; gena reticulate without punctures.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotum coriaceous, laterally with longitudinal rugae; anterior carina of pronotal collar conspicuous and slightly emarginate; mesoscutum reticulate without scattered setigerous punctures; admedian line and parapsidal line lacking; scutellum reticulate, without setigerous punctures, anterior groove of scutellum broader and crenulate; metanotum reticulate, irregularly transversely rugose laterally; mesopleuron finely reticulate, with several well defined punctures (Fig. 24); metapleuron finely aciculate; stigma elongate, relative length to breadth = 22:9; recurrent vein of fore wing received well within first submarginal cell; propodeal dorsum rugose, with transverse ridges laterally; propodeal enclosure with delimiting furrow (Fig. 25); posterior surface with irregular ridges and median longitudinal carina.</p> <p>Metasoma. Integument shiny; T3–T7 with scattered setigerous punctures on entire surface.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. The species epithet is after the finely reticulate mesopleuron.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Kerala.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F361FF9AFF168A0AB104E590	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
03BA4074F361FF94FF168F52B104E0B9.text	03BA4074F361FF94FF168F52B104E0B9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena sahyadriensis Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar 2021	<div><p>Spilomena sahyadriensis Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 29–36)</p> <p>Type material: Holotype, ♀, India: Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram dt., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.15222&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=8.530556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.15222/lat 8.530556)">Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary</a> (8°31’50’’N &amp; 77°09’08’’E, Alt. 93 m), 17.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17149.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Spilomena sahyadriensis sp. nov. differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: lower frons imbricate; upper frons and vertex reticulate with scattered setigerous micropunctures; relative length to breadth of scape = 38:6; relative length to breadth of stigma = 34:15; mesoscutum reticulate with dense micropunctures; propodeal dorsum and posterior surface of propodeum rugose and rugulose, lateral surface with transverse ridges.</p> <p>Description. Holotype ♀. Body length 4.6 mm; fore wing length 2.6 mm.</p> <p>Colour. Body black with following parts yellow: mandible (except apical tip brown), labrum, palpi, antenna and legs; pronotal lobe and tegula white; fore wing veins and stigma light brown.</p> <p>Vestiture. Setigerous micropunctures present on frons, vertex, mesoscutum and scutellum; dense brush of short setae at apex of T6; remainder of body with sparse vestiture.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus shiny, without appressed setae, markedly convex (Fig. 30); interantennal tubercle inconspicuous, not distinctly pointed, extending into short median carina at most reaching lower frons; mandible bidentate apically, inner mandibular tooth short and blunt; relative length to breadth of scape = 38:6; lower frons imbricate; upper frons and vertex reticulate with scattered setigerous micropunctures; inner eye margin straight; gena imbricate, impunctate.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotum laterally with longitudinal ridges; anterior carina of pronotal collar conspicuous and straight; mesoscutum reticulate, with dense micropunctures; admedian line and parapsidal line lacking; scutellum reticulate, with dense micropunctures, anterior groove of scutellum without crenulations; metanotum reticulate, without micropunctures, longitudinal rugose laterally; mesopleuron reticulate, with scattered setigerous micropunctures posteriorly (Fig. 32); metapleuron with irregular rugae; stigma elongate, relative length to breadth = 34:15; recurrent vein of fore wing received well within first submarginal cell; propodeal dorsum and posterior surface of propodeum rugose and rugulose (Fig. 33), lateral surface with transverse ridges.</p> <p>Metasoma. T1 and T2 shiny and impunctate; T3–T6 with scattered setigerous punctures on entire surface; T6 apically with dense brush of short setae.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. The species name is derived from “Sahyadri”, the vernacular name for the Western Ghat mountain ranges.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Kerala.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F361FF94FF168F52B104E0B9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
03BA4074F36FFF95FF168C7BB113E4B4.text	03BA4074F36FFF95FF168C7BB113E4B4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena tsunekii Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar 2021	<div><p>Spilomena tsunekii Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 37–44)</p> <p>Type material: Holotype, ♂, India: Kerala, Kozhikode dt., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.94444&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.38" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.94444/lat 11.38)">Manipuram</a> (11°22’48’’N &amp; 75°56’40’’E, Alt. 99 m), 4–26.iv.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17151.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Spilomena tsunekii sp. nov. differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: frons and vertex imbricate, without setigerous micropunctures; mesopleuron finely aciculate, with illdefined punctures; relative length to breadth of scape = 20:5; stigma not elongate, relative length to breadth = 98:68; propodeal dorsum transversely striate, with two longitudinal carinae medially, posterior surface finely aciculate, with median longitudinal carina, lateral surface transversely striate.</p> <p>Description. Holotype ♂. Body length 2.6 mm; fore wing length 1.1 mm.</p> <p>Colour. Body black except pronotum yellowish brown; clypeus and metasoma brown; mandible (except apical tip brown), tegula, pronotal lobe, legs and antenna yellow; fore wing veins and stigma brown.</p> <p>Vestiture. T5–T7 with scattered setigerous punctures; remaining body with sparse vestiture.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus dull without any appressed setae, markedly convex (Fig. 38); interantennal tubercle inconspicuous, not distinctly pointed, extending into short median carina at most reaching lower frons; mandible bidentate, inner mandibular tooth short, blunt; relative length to breadth of scape =20:5 frons and vertex imbricate without setigerous micropunctures; inner eye margin straight; gena imbricate, impunctate.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotum reticulate, with irregular longitudinal rugae; anterior carina of pronotal collar conspicuous, deeply emarginate; mesoscutum reticulate, with scattered setigerous punctures; admedian line and parapsidal line lacking; scutellum dull and reticulate, with sparse setigerous punctures, anterior groove of scutellum not broadened by crenulation; metanotum dull and reticulate, irregularly transversely rugose laterally; mesopleuron finely aciculate, with ill-defined punctures (Fig. 40); metapleuron finely aciculate; stigma not elongate, relative length to breadth = 98:68; recurrent vein of fore wing received well within first submarginal cell; propodeal dorsum transversely striate, with two longitudinal carinae medially, posterior surface finely aciculate, with median longitudinal carina (Fig. 41), lateral surface transversely striate.</p> <p>Metasoma. Integument shiny; T4–T7 with sparse setigerous micropunctures.</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific epithet is a commemorative, genitive noun taken from patronym Tsuneki after late Dr. Katsuji Tsuneki, in honor of his immense contribution to aculeate hymenopteran taxonomy.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Kerala.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F36FFF95FF168C7BB113E4B4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
03BA4074F36DFF90FF168F53B15AE744.text	03BA4074F36DFF90FF168F53B15AE744.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spilomena tuberculata Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar 2021	<div><p>Spilomena tuberculata Tessy, Sureshan et Girish Kumar, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs 45–52)</p> <p>Type material: Holotype, ♀, India: Karnataka, Kodagu dt., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.795555&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.141944" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.795555/lat 12.141944)">Perumbadi</a> (12°08’31’’N &amp; 75°47’44’’E, Alt. 877 m), 03.v.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17141. Paratypes, all col lected by P. Girish Kumar 1 ♀, Karnataka, Kodagu dt., Perumpadi, 03.v.2019, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC / IR/INV/17144; 1 ♀, Karnataka, Kodagu dt., Bettoli, 07.iii.2016, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17145; Karnataka, Kodagu dt., Bettoli, Ayyappa temple, 05.v.2019, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17146; 1 ♀, Karnataka, Kodagu dt., Madikeri, Kohinoor, 05.v.2019, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17147; 1 ♀, Karnataka, Kodagu dt., Makutta Forest, Heggala, 08.iv.2016, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/17148.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Spilomena tuberculata sp. nov. differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: mesosoma brownish yellow with few black patches; relative length to breadth of scape = 23:6; relative length to breadth of stigma = 56:17; propodeal dorsum rugose, postereo-lateral surface with transverse ridges, posteriorly with median longitudinal carina.</p> <p>Description. Holotype ♀. Body length 5.6 mm; fore wing length 3.6 mm.</p> <p>Colour. Head black; mandible (except apical tip brown), clypeus, antenna, pronotal lobe, tegula and legs pale yellow; mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum and metasoma yellowish brown; propodeum brown with yellow patches laterally; mesopleuron yellow; metapleuron brown; fore wing veins and stigma light brown.</p> <p>Vestiture. Scattered sparse setae on clypeus and mandible; T3–T6 each with scattered setae; ventral margin of T6 with apical suberect setae; remaining body with sparse vestiture.</p> <p>Head. Clypeus shiny, with scattered setae, markedly convex (Fig. 46); interantennal tubercle prominent, acutely pointed and extending into median carina up to mid frons; mandible bidentate apically, inner mandibular tooth short and blunt; relative length to breadth of scape = 23:6; frons and vertex reticulate with dense setigerous micropunctures; inner eye margin straight; gena imbricate, impunctate.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Pronotum dull, with longitudinal rugae; anterior carina of pronotal collar conspicuous and straight; mesoscutum reticulate with dense micropunctures; admedian line and parapsidal line lacking; scutellum reticulate with dense micropunctures, anterior groove of scutellum not broadened by crenulation; metanotum reticulate, longitudinally rugose laterally; mesopleuron reticulate with scattered setigerous punctures posteriorly (Fig. 48); metapleuron with irregular ridges; stigma elongate, relative length to breadth = 56:17; recurrent vein of fore wing received well within first submarginal cell; propodeal dorsum rugose (Fig. 49), lateral surface finely aciculate, with scattered transverse ridges, posterior surface with irregular transverse ridges and longitudinal carina medially.</p> <p>Metasoma. T1 and T2 shiny, impunctate; T3–T6 with scattered setigerous punctures on entire surface; T6 apically with dense brush of short setae.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Etymology. The species name is derived from a distinctively conspicuous interantennal tubercle.</p> <p>Distribution. India (Karnataka).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA4074F36DFF90FF168F53B15AE744	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rajan, Tessy;Kumar, P. Girish;Sureshan, P. M.;Binoy, C.	Rajan, Tessy, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M., Binoy, C. (2021): A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India. Zootaxa 5068 (2): 263-276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6
