taxonID	type	description	language	source
03888457FF9EC47AFFE5FAC12C3F8BB3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Anterior margin of clypeus bearing a median tooth or tubercle and having a slight angular projection on each side of the tooth; antennal clava in females with micropilosity present to a greater or less degree on the ventral surface; mesoscutellum weakly convex; propodeum relatively long, its median length from half to two-thirds that of mesoscutellum, its median area produced distinctly caudad of hind edges of supracoxal flanges (Bouček & Heydon, 1997).	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9EC47AFFE5FAC12C3F8BB3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Nearctic, Oriental and Palaearctic regions (UCD Community, 2023).	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9EC47AFFE5FAC12C3F8BB3.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Known species of Stenomalina are entomophagous parasitoids of stem-boring hosts (Graham & Claridge, 1965).	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9DC47FFF14FF0C2CE18F4A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♀ (Figs 1 A – H), mounted on triangular card, deposited at ZSIK. India: Kerala, Kasaragod district, Ranipuram (11 ° 25 ' 35 " N, 75 ° 21 ' 24 " E, 1048 m a. s. l.), 05. i. 2012, Coll. K. Rajmohana, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 22932. Paratype 1 ♂, mounted on triangular card (Figs 2 A – D), ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 22933.	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9DC47FFF14FF0C2CE18F4A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after Kasaragod, the district in Kerala from where the types were collected.	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9DC47FFF14FF0C2CE18F4A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This new species closely resembles Stenomalina fervida Graham, 1965 in general morphology and in having gaster ovate; fu 4 transverse; combined length of pedicel and flagellum equal to the width of the head; micropilosity present nearly halfway towards the base of clava (Fig. 1 B) and however, the new species differs from S. fervida in having: 1) Head and thorax black (Figs 1 B, 1 C, 1 D) (in S. fervida head and thorax bluish black); 2) fore wing hyaline (Fig. 1 H) (in S. fervida, fore wing slightly yellowish near speculum); 3) fu 3 quadrate (Fig. 1 B) (in S. fervida fu 3 slightly to distinctly elongate); 4) antennal scape and femora testaceous (Fig. 1 A) (in S. fervida, antennal scape and femora 1 Breddish); 5) mesoscutellum 1.4 × as broad as long (Fig. 1 E) (in S. fervida, mesoscutellum about as broad as long); 6) median carina incomplete and slightly irregular (Fig. 1 F) (in S. fervida, median carina complete, strong, straight or only very slightly irregular, sometimes crossed by one or two short transverse ridges). The new species also resembles S. oxygyne (Walker, 1835) in anterior margin of clypeus with tooth; metasoma longer than head plus mesosoma and tuft of micropilosity extending over at most about one third the length of the clava but differs in: 1) body colour black, funicles black (Fig. 1 A) (in S. oxygyne body colour metallic bluish-green, funicles brown); 2) gaster ovate, not longer than head and thorax combined (Fig. 1 G) (in S. oxygyne conical, acuminate, much longer than head and thorax combined); 3) POL 1.4 × OOL (Fig. 1 D) (in S. oxygyne POL 1.15 × OOL) and 4) SMV 2.1 × MV, MV 0.66 × PMV, PMV 2.7 × STV (Fig. 1 H) (in S. oxygyne SMV 0.19 × MV, MV 0.66 × PMV, PMV 1.5 × STV).	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9DC47FFF14FF0C2CE18F4A.taxon	description	Description. Holotype ♀. Body length 5.03 mm, length of fore wing 3.08 mm Colour (Figs 1 A). Body black, except for gaster brown with greenish lustre anteriorly on Gt 1; antenna brown, except scape testaceous; tegula brown; legs testaceous with tips of tarsi brown, coxae concolorous with thorax, femora brown posteriorly; wings hyaline, venation brown. Head. In frontal view head (Fig. 1 C) width 1.5 × length, distinctly reticulate; clypeus strigose, anterior margin bearing a median tooth, mandibles shiny, left mandible tridentate and right mandible tetradentate; POL 1.4 × OOL (Fig. 1 D); face distinctly reticulate; malar groove distinct; gena reticulate; malar space 0.37 × as long as eye in lateral view (Fig. 1 B); eyes bare, eye length 1.3 × width in profile view; vertex reticulate; occipital carina absent; antennae inserted almost in the middle of the face, with two anelli, six funiculars, clava with three clavomeres, scape reaching median ocellus, 1.35 × as long as first two funiculars combined; pedicel 1.49 × as long as broad, 1.04 × fu 1, fu 2 0.86 × longer than fu 1; clava almost as long as last two preceding segments combined, funiculars with three or four rows of long white irregularly arranged sensilla, ventral surface of antennal clava with a patch of micropilosity extending about halfway along the clava (Figs 1 B – C). Mesosoma (Figs 1 E – F). Mesosoma 0.6 × as broad as long dorsally, distinctly reticulate; mesoscutum 1.49 × as broad as long; notauli incomplete; mesoscutellum weakly convex, 1.4 × as broad as long; frenum and frenal groove indistinct; dosellum narrow and shiny; propodeum (Fig. 1 F) moderately long, 1.79 × as broad as long medially, distinctly reticulate, median carina short and incomplete; spiracle oval, close to metanotum, separated from hind margin by a distance lesser than its diameter; callus with white pubescence; nucha short; mesepimeron, mesepisternum and metapleuron reticulate entirely; legs slender, hind tibia with one spur; hind coxa moderately reticulate; fore wing (Fig. 1 H) 2.5 × as long as broad, speculum moderate, basal cell bare, marginal fringe short, stigma small; uncus distinct, discal pubescence dense; relative lengths of SMV, MV, PMV and STV in the ratio 71: 33: 50: 18. Metasoma (Fig. 1 G). Gaster sessile, ovate, finely reticulate, 3.4 × as long as broad, 0.8 × as long as combined lengths of head and mesosoma; Gt 1 largest, Gt 2, Gt 3 and Gt 4 almost equal, Gt 5 shorter than Gt 4; remaining tergites retracted; ovipositor and ovipositor sheath slightly exerted. Male (Figs 2 A – D). Similar to female in general morphology, body length 4.87 mm but differs in the following: gaster oval without greenish lustre anteriorly on Gt 1; antenna slender and hairy, ventral surface devoid of micropilosity; speculum narrow; metasoma 1.2 × as long as combined lengths of head and mesosoma.	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9DC47FFF14FF0C2CE18F4A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala.	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9BC47EFF14FD8D2E528C07.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Fore wing with stigma conspicuously enlarged; PMV longer than MV; notauli deep; mesoscutum with numerous dark setae; prepectus with vertical carina; frenal groove distinct; gaster on conspicuous petiole from hardly shorter than to about twice as long as broad, dorsally with distinct reticulation (Bouček, 1988).	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9BC47EFF14FD8D2E528C07.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Indo-Australian, Oriental and Palaearctic regions (UCD Community, 2023).	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9BC47EFF14FD8D2E528C07.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Parasitoids of Agromyzidae, Anthomyiidae and Scatophagidae (Diptera) boring in stems and thicker parts of certain herbaceous plants (Bouček, 1988).	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9AC47CFFE5FCCD2CD089B6.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♀, mounted on triangular card, deposited at ZSIK. India: Kerala, Pathanamthitta district, Gavi (9 ° 25 ' 45 " N, 77 ° 08 ' 52 " E, 1036 m a. s. l.), 10. iv. 2013, Coll. P. M. Sureshan, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 9061.	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9AC47CFFE5FCCD2CD089B6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is derived from “ Sahyadri ”, the vernacular name for the Western Ghats mountain ranges.	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9AC47CFFE5FCCD2CD089B6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species closely resembles S. gangtokicus (Narendran, 2011) in having gaster brown; antenna inserted in middle of face; clava longer than preceding two segments combined and in general morphology but differs from the same in having: 1) Body bright metallic green (Fig. 3 A) (in S. gangtokicus body black with metallic greenish blue lustre); 2) vertex with long bristles (Fig. 3 C) (in S. gangtoticus, vertex without long bristles); 3) clypeus smooth (in S. gangtoticus, clypeus weakly reticulate); 4) POL 1.25 × OOL (Fig. 3 C) (in S. gangtokicus POL 1.54 × OOL); 5) fore wing 2.3 × as long as broad (Fig. 3 C) (in S. gangtoticus, fore wing 1.3 × as long as broad); 6) SMV 2.2 × PMV (Fig. 3 G) (in S. gangtoticus, SMV 1.3 × PMV); 7) prepectus shorter than tegula (Fig. 3 F) (in S. gangtoticus, prepectus as long as tegula). The new species S. sahyadriensis sp. nov differs from the other Indian species S. turneri in having: 1) body bright metallic green (Fig. 3 A) (in S. turneri body bright metallic blue); 2) mesoscutum with mid lobe moderately reticulate (Fig. 3 E) (in S. turneri mesoscutum with mid lobe punctate reticulate); 3) prepectus shorter than tegula (Fig. 3 F) (in S. turneri prepectus as long as tegula) and 4) SMV 2.2 × PMV (Fig. 3 G) (in S. turneri SMV 1.7 × PMV). Stictomischus sahyadriensis sp. nov. is also reported from higher elevations from forest patches belonging to the Western Ghats. Stictomischus sahyadriensis sp. nov. also resembles S. japonicus Kamijo, 1960 in general body colouration, abdominal petiole longer than propodeum, thorax arched in profile and Gt 1 more than half of gaster but differs in: 1) petiole 1.8 × as broad as long (Fig. 3 H) (in S. japonicus petiole 1.5 × as broad as long); 2) speculum narrow (Fig. 3 G) (in S. japonicus speculum absent); 3) scape 1.2 × long as fu 1 and fu 2 combined (Fig. 3 D) (in S. japonicus scape as long as fu 1 and fu 2 combined), 4) funicles with three or four rows of sensillae (Fig. 3 D) (in S. japonicus funicles with two rows of sensillae) and 5) PMV 2 × STV (PMV 2.2 × STV) (Fig. 3 H).	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9AC47CFFE5FCCD2CD089B6.taxon	description	Description. Holotype ♀. Body length 1.85 mm, length of forewing 1.88 mm. Colour. Body bright metallic green, except for gaster brown, with bluish lustre; antennae brown, except scape testaceous; mesepisternum black; tegulae brown; legs testaceous with tips of tarsi brown, coxae concolorous with thorax; wings hyaline, venation brown. Head. In frontal view (Fig. 3 B) head width 1.3 × length, moderately reticulate; clypeus smooth, shiny, left mandible tridentate and right mandible tetradentate; POL 1.26 × OOL; face moderately reticulate; malar groove distinct; gena engraved reticulate; malar space 0.24 × as long as eye length in lateral view (Fig. 3 D); eyes bare, eye height 1.5 × width in profile view; vertex reticulate; occipital carina absent; scrobal area deep, not reaching median ocellus; antennae (Figs 3 B, 3 D, 3 F) inserted in middle of the face, with two anelli, six funiculars, clava with three clavomeres, scape not reaching median ocellus, 1.2 × as long as first two funiculars combined; pedicel 1.4 × as long as broad, 0.52 × fu 1 0.77 × longer than fu 2, fu 2 0.85 × fu 3; clava 1.2 × longer than last two preceding segments combined, funiculars with three or four rows of long white irregularly arranged sensilla. Mesosoma (Fig. 3 E). Mesosoma 0.74 × as broad as long dorsally; pronotum moderately reticulate with backwardly directed long pubescence; mesoscutum 1.6 × as broad as long; mid lobe moderately reticulate, lateral lobes and axillae engraved reticulate; notauli complete; mesoscutellum engraved reticulate, 0.8 × as broad as long; frenum present, frenal groove distinct; dorsellum broad and shiny; propodeum 3 × as broad as long medially, engraved reticulate, median carina distinct; spiracles oval, close to metanotum; post spiracular groove reaching posterior margin; callus with long white pubescence; prepectus shorter than tegula, engraved reticulate with sharp anterior carina; nucha short; upper and lower mesepimeron, smooth except for a narrow reticulate punctate area; mesepisternum reticulate punctate; metapleuron engraved reticulate (Fig. 3 F); legs slender, hind tibia with one spur; hind coxa moderately reticulate; fore wing (Fig. 3 G) 2.35 × as long as broad, discal pubescence dense, speculum very narrow, basal cell bare, basal vein with few hairs, marginal fringe moderately long; stigma conspicuously enlarged; uncus distinct, discal pubescence dense; relative lengths of SMV, MV, PMV and STV in the ratio 76: 35: 52: 25. Metasoma (Fig. 3 H). Gaster petiolate; metasoma 0.82 × as long as combined lengths of head and mesosoma; petiole 1.85 × longer than broad, with anteriorly converging sides, reticulate punctate, 3.45 × length of gaster; Gt 1 and Gt 2 covering most of gaster; Gt 1 0.53 × length of gaster; Gt 2 1.8 × as long as Gt 2; remaining tergites strongly retracted; ovipositor and ovipositor sheath slightly exerted. Male. Unknown.	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
03888457FF9AC47CFFE5FCCD2CD089B6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala.	en	Surya, Kolencheri Suresh, Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal (2024): Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2): 195-205, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.10.2.195, URL: https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.2.195
