Methocha smithii Magretti, 1892

Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Kumar, P. Girish, Binoy, C. & Sureshan, P. M., 2021, A taxonomic study of Methocha Latreille (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4999 (3), pp. 258-272 : 271

2. Methocha smithii Magretti, 1892

Methoca (sic!) orientalis Smith (1875): 35: ???, list.(holotype ♂, India: Northern India (Repository?)) .

nec Methoca (sic!) orientalis Smith (1855): 66; Agnoli (2020) (now a junior synonym of Mesa dimidiata ???).

Methoca (sic!) smithii Magretti (1892) : 298, replacement name for Methoca (sic!) orientalis Smith (1875); Krombein, 1982:

73.

Diagnosis. Male. Hyaline wings; antennae as long as combined length of head and thorax; metathorax rugose; smooth and shining metasoma.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Northern India, Myanmar. ( Smith 1875; Magretti 1892).

Note. The types of M. smithii are not available and since the taxonomic status and validity of the same cannot be confirmed, the species is kept unplaced for the time being.