Dicranorhina Shuckard, 1840

Mawadda, N. V. Ayisha, Kumar, P. Girish, Sureshan, P. M. & Rajan, Tessy, 2019, A taxonomic review of the genus Dicranorhina Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of three new species from Southern Western Ghats, Zootaxa 4629 (1), pp. 109-121 : 110

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.1.8
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scientific name	Dicranorhina Shuckard, 1840
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Genus Dicranorhina Shuckard, 1840 View in CoL

Dicranorhina Shuckard, 1840: 181 View in CoL , no included species. Type species: Piagetia intaminata R. Turner, 1910 , designated by Pate, 1937: 21 ( Piagetia intaminata R. Turner, 1910 , is one of four species first included in Dicranorhina View in CoL by Turner, 1912: 199).

Piagetia Ritsema, 1872: 121 View in CoL . Type species: Piagetia ritsemae Ritsema, 1872 , designated by Bingham, 1897: 210.

Diagnosis. Gaster pedunculate, first metasomal segment longer than broad in dorsal view; ocelli on nearly flat surface; mandible simple, not usually long, often with strong notch or step on outer margin; ocellar scars very small, narrow, elliptical, their long axis on a straight line drawn between eyes; frons just below midocellus with transverse swelling extending from eye to eye and interrupted by medial frontal line.

Distribution. Ethiopian, Oriental and Australian regions.