Brachymeria Westwood, 1829

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Brachymeria Westwood, 1829

Brachymeria Westwood (in Stephens), 1829: 36.

Type species: Chalcis minuta Fabricius ; designated by Westwood, 1839

Thaumatelia Kirby, 1883: 60 .

Type species: Chalcis separata Walker , by monotypy (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Halstead 1991)

Oncochalcis Cameron, 1904: 162 .

Type species: Oncochalcis marginata Cameron , by monotypy; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Nikol’skaya 1960)

Holochalcis Kieffer, 1905: 258 .

Type species: Holochalcis madagascariensis Kieffer , by subsequent designation of Gahan and Fagan (1923); (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Narendran (in Subba Rao and Hayat), 1987b)

Tumidicoxa Girault, 1911: 378 .

Type species: Tumidicoxa nigra Girault , by original designation; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Girault (1913))

Thaumatelia Kirby, 1883: 60 .

Type species Chalcis separata Walker , by monotypy; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Halstead 1991)

Thaumateliana Girault, 1912: 160–161 .

Type species: Thaumateliana bicolour Girault , by monotypy; (synonymised with Thaumatelia Kirby by Narendran and Verghese 1989)

Pseudepitelia Girault, 1913: 104 .

Type species: Pseudepitelia rubrifemur Girault , by original designation; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Girault 1915a)

Brachepitelia Girault, 1913a: 106 .

Type species: Brachepitelia rubripes Girault , by original designation and monotypy; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Girault (1915a))

Tumidicoxoides Girault, 1913b: 86 .

Type species: Tumidicoxoides kurandaensis Girault , by original designation; (synonymy with Brachymeria Westwood by Girault (1926))

Tumidicoxella Girault, 1913c: 74. As a subgenus of Tumidicoxa ;

type species: Tumidicoxa (Tumidicoxella) nigra Girault by original designation

Microchalcis Girault, 1915a: 328 .

Type species: Microchalcis atricorpus Girault by original designation; (synonymised by Bouček, 1988)

Dirrhinomorpha Girault and Dodd (in Girault 1915a): 327.

Type species: Dirrhinomorpha angusta Girault and Dodd , by original designation (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood and treated as subgenus of Brachymeria by Bouček, 1988)

Meyeriella Krausse, 1917: 95 .

Type species: Meyeriella indica Krausse , by monotypy (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Narendran, 1986)

Neobrachymeria Masi, 1929c: 196–198 . As a subgenus of Brachymeria .

Type species: Brachymeria confalonierii Masi by original designation

Australochalcis Girault, 1939: 326 .

Type species: Australochalcis humilicrus Girault , by original designation and monotypy (listed as synonym of Brachymeria Westwood by Bouček,1988)

Matsumurameria Habu, 1960: 209. As a subgenus of Brachymeria .

Type species: Chalcis taiwanus Matsumura , by original designation

Gahanula Burks, 1960: 261 .

Type species: Brachymeria discreta Gahan , by original designation (as a subgenus of Brachymeria )

Key to species of Brachymeria Westwood, 1829

1. Post-orbital carina absent ( Figure 80 )...................... ...................... B. carbonaria (Zehntner)

– Post-orbital carina present ( Figure 81 )......................................................................................... 2

2. Hind femur black with yellow at apex ( Figure 90 ); scutellum distinctly bilobed with dense silvery pubescence on all around the apical margin ( Figure 84 ).............................. ......................................................................................................................... B. megaspila (Cameron)

– Completely or partially not as above ( Figure 85 ) .................................................................... 3

3. Hind femur red with a yellow patch at the apex ( Figure 88 ) B. bengalensis (Cameron)

– Hind femur black with apex yellow ( Figure 89 ) ....................................................................... 4

4. Gaster globose in lateral view ( Figure 91 ); clava more than 2.0× as long as the previous segment.................................................................................... B. euploeae (Westwood)

– Gaster acuminate in lateral view ( Figure 92 ); clava less than 2.0× as long as the previous segment............................................................................................ B. jambolana Gahan

Figures

Figure 80–96. 80–83, Head lateral view: 80, Brachymeria carbonaria; 81, Brachymeria jambolana; 82, Dirhinus anthracia; 83, Eniacomorpha bakeri. 84–87, Mesosoma dorsal view: 84, Brachymeria megaspila; 85, Brachymeria euploeae; 86, Dirhinus anthracia; 87, Eniacomorpha bakeri. 88–90, Hindleg: 88, Brachymeria bengalensis; 89, Brachymeria jambolana; 90, Brachymeria megaspila. 91–92, Metasoma lateral view: 91, Brachymeria euploeae; 92, Brachymeria jambolana. 93–94, Mesosoma dorsal view: 93, Epitranus erythrogaster; 94, Epitranus oxytelus. 95–96, Metasoma dorsal view: 95, Hockeria argentigera; 96, Hockeria manii.