taxonID	type	description	language	source
43688796557FFF91FF775364FE0DFD26.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♀, mounted on triangular card. India: Kerala, Idukki district, Elappara (09 ° 38 ' 18.1 " N and 76 ° 58 ' 56.8 " E, 1030 m), 23. v. 2019, Coll. C. Binoy, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12755; Paratype ♂, same details as that of Holotype. ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12756	en	Surya, K. S., Binoy, C., Sureshan, P. M. (2022): A synopsis of the Oriental species of Thaumasura Westwood (Hym., Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (4): 551-558, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.4.551, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.4.551
43688796557FFF91FF775364FE0DFD26.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Female (Fig. 1). Head 2.0 × as wide as long and in front view as wide as high in dorsal view; lower margin of clypeus emarginate, malar sulcus distinct; gena striate reticulate; malar space 0.5 × eye length in profile; POL almost equal to OOL; antenna with scape just short of reaching anterior ocellus, widened in the upper half, pedicel distinctly longer than all the remaining segments; mesoscutum 1.2 × as wide as long, transversely striate reticulate in the upper half and punctate reticulate in the lower half; propodeum medially 0.2 × median length of scutellum, median area narrow, almost shiny with rugae forming irregular foveae, plicae and post-spiracular sulcus absent; fore wing with basal cell completely hairy, speculum closed below; petiole transverse, posterior margin of Gt 1 straight and smooth, Gt 2 – Gt 5 emarginate, Gt 6 straight; Gt 2 – Gt 4 transverse striate reticulate, finer on Gt 2, more than half of Gt 5 distinctly transverse striate reticulate, rest of tergites microreticualte; gaster (excluding ovipositor) 1.6 × as long as rest of the body; syntergum 0.65 × as long as ovipositor sheaths. Male. (Fig. 2) Similar to female but differs in the structure of propodeum; gastral petiole wider than long, basal half with carinae and hind part smooth and shiny, gaster beyond Gt 1 tubular, hind margin of Gt 1 with sharp indentation, all tergites shiny.	en	Surya, K. S., Binoy, C., Sureshan, P. M. (2022): A synopsis of the Oriental species of Thaumasura Westwood (Hym., Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (4): 551-558, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.4.551, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.4.551
43688796557FFF91FF775364FE0DFD26.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India, Kerala (Binoy & Sureshan, 2020). Note. Binoy and Sureshan (2020) reported the first valid discovery of the genus Thaumasura from the Indian subcontinent and formally compared with T. brevicaudata and T. femoralis describing the new species naming it as T. indica looking past the combination with Balcha. Considering that this name is already preoccupied by Thaumasura indica Mani and Kaul, a replacement name, Thaumasura keralica nom. nov., is proposed for it under the provisions of Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Ride et al., 1999). The new name refers to the Indian state of Kerala from where the holotype was collected.	en	Surya, K. S., Binoy, C., Sureshan, P. M. (2022): A synopsis of the Oriental species of Thaumasura Westwood (Hym., Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (4): 551-558, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.4.551, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.4.551
43688796557EFF97FF845095FEE6FD18.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♀, pinned mounted (abdomen and one hind leg on triangular card) “ – Type HYM: 6692 / 3 Belonea femoralis Westwood, Hope Dept. Oxford; Aru – ” Indonesia: Aru Island; W. W. Saunders collection (Fig. 10) (OXUM).	en	Surya, K. S., Binoy, C., Sureshan, P. M. (2022): A synopsis of the Oriental species of Thaumasura Westwood (Hym., Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (4): 551-558, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.4.551, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.4.551
43688796557EFF97FF845095FEE6FD18.taxon	description	Redescription (Figs 3 – 10) Holotype ♀, length 12.9 mm (including ovipositor), exerted part of ovipositor 4.34 mm. Colour. Body dark green with metallic blue reflections on following: frons; occiput; temple; conspicuously on gena and malar space; collum and posterior margin of pronotum; spot on lateral lobes of mesoscutum on either side adjoining notauli; a faint median streak over scutellum; propodeum conspicuously; all coxae; metasoma with anterior margin of Gt 1 with faint blue reflections; Gt 2 with narrow anterior band; wide anterior bands (except for medial breaks) on Gt 3 and Gt 4; dorsum of Gt 5 with two oblong submedian reflective bluish patch anteriorly; wings subhyaline with two light brown infumations, one below parastigma and other on stigmal area; legs: trochanters and mid femur yellow-brown, mid tibia brown with median area pale, apical spur yellow-brown, mid basitarsus yellow, remaining tarsomeres brown-black (other leg parts missing); ovipositor sheaths black. Head. In dorsal view 2.61 × as wide as long and in anterior view 1.05 × as wide as high; free margin of clypeus straight (Fig. 4); malar sulcus distinct; gena striate reticulate with scattered pits; outer margin of eye with adpressed setae on to the occiput, laterally and dorsally with thin sparse white setae (Figs 5 & 6); malar space 0.54 × eye length in profile; antennal scrobes narrow, converging above onto a median carina, inner surface with coarse transverse striae; lower face distinctly reticulate, above antennal scrobes distinctly reticulate punctate including vertex and occiput with moderately dense thin white setae, occiput with fine carina indicated laterally; POL subequal to OOL (Fig. 5); eyes bare, length 1.82 × width in profile; orbital border diverging ventrally; antennal segments thinner towards apex and flagellum black according to literature. Mesosoma. Pronotum 1.7 × as broad as long, neck with strong transverse ridges, median carina distinct reaching posterior margin of pronotum; pubescence confined to lateral parts of collar, white; collar area rugose reticulate (Fig. 8), laterally expanded; lateral panel of prepectus reticulate (Fig. 7); mesoscutum 1.1 × as wide as long, transversely striate reticulate in the upper half and regularly foveolate in lower half, median lobe convex in the upper half; notauli distinct and complete, lateral lobes of mesoscutum with a blue spot in the lower half close to notauli on either side; pubescence of mid lobe of mesoscutum distinct; scutellum 0.7 × as long as mesoscutum medially, punctuate reticulate, pubescence almost absent except near anterior margin; axilla punctate reticulate, dorsellum narrow and shiny (Fig. 8); propodeum with median area narrow, almost shiny, spiracles large, oval, separated from hind margin of metanotum by a narrow gap less than the diameter of spiracle, posterior margin of propodeum on either side of median area with thick brush of white setae (Fig. 8); mesopleuron rugose reticulate; except upper mesepimeron smooth and shiny; transepimeral sulcus foveolate; pubescence distinct; metapleuron shiny except posterior one-third portion reticulate; fore coxa distinctly rugulose anteriorly, posteriorly reticulate, sculpture not visible beneath moderately thick pubescence; hind coxae distinctly striate reticulate with dense white setae; hind coxa 1.46 × as long as wide; hind femur 2.9 × as long as wide; fore wing with marginal fringe small. Metasoma. Gaster shiny, dorsum transversely reticulate; posterior margin of all tergites straight (Fig. 9); Gt 4 – Gt 6 with densely setose basolaterally, dorsum bare; gaster (except ovipositor) 1.51 × as long as rest of the body; syntergum 0.5 × as long as ovipositor sheaths (Fig. 11). Male. As per original literature. Smaller in size than female, especially the thicker hind femur.	en	Surya, K. S., Binoy, C., Sureshan, P. M. (2022): A synopsis of the Oriental species of Thaumasura Westwood (Hym., Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (4): 551-558, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.4.551, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.4.551
43688796557EFF97FF845095FEE6FD18.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Indonesia; New Guinea (Westwood, 1874).	en	Surya, K. S., Binoy, C., Sureshan, P. M. (2022): A synopsis of the Oriental species of Thaumasura Westwood (Hym., Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (4): 551-558, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.4.551, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.4.551
43688796557EFF97FF845095FEE6FD18.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Unknown.	en	Surya, K. S., Binoy, C., Sureshan, P. M. (2022): A synopsis of the Oriental species of Thaumasura Westwood (Hym., Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (4): 551-558, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.4.551, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.4.551
