Tribe Pliomelaenini

Tribe Pliomelaenini was represented previously in India by 8 recorded species in 4 genera: Elaphromyia Bigot, Pliomelaena Bezzi, Quadrimelaena Hancock and Sundaresta Hering (Agarwal & Sueyoshi 2005; Hancock 2004; Singh et al. 2025). A new species is added here. The tribe is characterized by pale setae on head and thorax, wings dark with numerous hyaline indentations, male genitalia usually bifid or with paired apical structure above preputium and host plants mostly flower heads of Acanthaceae .