Corresponding author: J. Poorani (
Academic editor: Anu Veijalainen
The
Extensive surveys were carried out in Ri-Bhoi, Jaintia hills, East Khasi hills, and West Khasi hills districts of Meghalaya and surrounding areas and in southern India for collection of
China, Thailand (
Russia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Krygyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, Wales (
China (
Indonesia (Java) (
Nominate form of
Fairly widely distributed in India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand (
The specimens examined by us agree with the illustrations provided by
India: Rajasthan (
Reared on
Reared on
Female (Fig.
India: Originally described from Assam (
India: Assam (
Reared from
Australia (
This work was carried out under the Network Project on Insect Biosystematics funded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. We thank Dr Abraham Verghese, Director, NBAIR, Bangalore, for the facilities provided.
A. Rameshkumar - Collection, curation, identification, manuscript preparation
J. Poorani - Identification, imaging, manuscript preparation
V. Naveen - Collection
Female in profile
Mesosoma
Fore wing
Typical form
Variant with dark abdomen
Form with variable antennal coloration
Form with variable antennal coloration
Female, dorsal view
Female, lateral view
Female, dorsolateral view
Female, mesosoma
Female, antenna
Male, dorsal view
Female, dorsal view
Male, dorsal view
Female, dorsal view
Female, lateral view
Mesosoma
Female, dorsal view
Male, lateral view