Delhina eurybrachydoides Distant, 1912

(Figure 5A,B)

Material studied

Nepal: 1♀, Bagmati Province, 15 km south of Kathmandu, Phulchoki northern slope, 16 – 1800 m, 27°35'09 “ N, 85°22'50 “ E, 18 .VII .2001, deciduous forest KL/HF (NME); 1♂,

Gorkha/Dhading District, Gorlabesi – Dobhan, 1000 – 1100 m, Schlucht-Mischwald, 30. VII.1983, Martens and Schawaller leg. (SMNS).

Key to Indian genera of Caliscelidae

1. Forewings cover the abdomen completely (Figure 4A,C). Aedeagus well developed (Figure 6G, aed). ( Ommatidiotinae Fieber)............................................................. 6

– Forewings usually cover only basal half of abdomen (Figure 4B,D – F). Aedeagus reduced (Figure 6H, aed). ( Caliscelinae Amyot et Serville). ........................................ 2

2. Abdominal tergite V with finger-shaped process (known only after males) (Figure 6A, ap)........................................................................................... Rhinogaster Fennah

– Abdominal tergite V without process. ................................................................................. 3

3. Metope + postclypeus distinctly convex or with a bulb (Figures 1B,D, 2B,E, 4D – F)................................................................................................................................................... 4

– Metope + postclypeus flat (Figure 4B).................... ................... Chirodisca Emeljanov

4. Metope + postclypeus convex (Figure 4D).................. .................. Asarcopus Horváth – Metope + postclypeus with a bulb (Figures 1B,D, 2B,E, 4E,F) ................................... 5

5. Pedicel with short latero-apical process (known only after females) (Figure 3D).. ...................................................................................................................... Bolbonaso Emeljanov

– Pedicel with long acuminate latero-apical process (Figure 6F)..................................... .................................................................................... Formiscurra Gnezdilov et Viraktamath

6. First metatarsomere with long hair-shaped setae on the sole and with two lateral + row of intermediate spines apically (Figure 6I). Abdominal sternites III – VI with straight posterior margins ( Adenissini Dlabola) ................................................................................................................................. 7

– First metatarsomere with a pad of microsetae on the sole and without intermediate spines apically (sometimes only two lateral spines may be present) (Figure 6J). Abdominal sternites III – VI with deeply angularly concave posterior margins ( Augilini Baker). ............................................................................................................ 9

7. Forewings beetle-shaped, with praecostal area reduced ( Coinquendina Gnezdilov et Wilson) (Figure 4A)............................................................................................ 8

– Forewings with precostal area well developed having undulate margin with numerous false transverse veins ( Pteriliina Gnezdilov et Wilson) (Figure 4C)........ .................................................................................................. Distantina Gnezdilov et Wilson

8. Upper margin of metope straight (Figure 5C). Hindwings rudimentary. First metatarsomere with four (3 + 1) intermediate spines.................................. ............................................................................................................. Coinquenda Distant

– Upper margin of metope angularly concave (Figure 5B). Hindwings well developed, bilobed (Figure 5A). First metatarsomere with eight intermediate spines..................................................................................................................... Delhina Distant

9. Metope with only two sublateral carinae, upper part of metope with long laterally flattened process directed upwards (Figure 6D, cp). Forewings with sinuate costal margin (Figure 6E). First and second metatarsomeres with two latero-apical spines each................................. ........................................................................................................... Symplanodes Fennah

– Metope with median and two sublateral carinae, no such long and flattened process in its upper part (Figure 6C). Forewings with rather straight costal margin (Figure 6B, cm). First and second metatarsomeres without spines..................................................................................................................... Symplana Kirby

Checklist of Caliscelidae known from India Family CALISCELIDAE Amyot et Serville, 1843 Subfamily CALISCELINAE Amyot et Serville, 1843 Tribe CALISCELINI Amyot et Serville, 1843 Asarcopus palmarum Horváth, 1921

Asarcopus palmarum Horváth, 1921: 179 .

Distribution

India (Karnataka, Maharashtra), USA (California) (O ’ Brien 1988), Egypt (Horváth 1921), Ethiopia, Israel, Mali (Gnezdilov and Bourgoin 2009), Sudan (Linnavuori 1973).