taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B1C375D45BBD43FFFCF2B6FA3552D5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. India: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Kakkodi, Cherukulam (11 ° 20 ′ 06 ″ N, 75 ° 46 ′ 20 ″ E, 7 m a. s. l.), 1 ♀, 21. viii. 2021, Coll. T. K. Viswanath, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / I. R. - INV. 18313.	en	Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Viswanath, Tharakadu K., Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi (2022): First report of Methocha ubiquita Krombein (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1): 9-14, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.1.9
03B1C375D45BBD43FFFCF2B6FA3552D5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Female. Posterior half of mesopleuron with coarser oblique rugulae (Fig. 2 C); scutum and scutellum bulged dorsally and separated by a constriction (Fig. 2 D); pronotal disk with a median longitudinal groove (Fig. 2 F); POL 2.2 × LOL and 0.9 × OOL (Fig. 2 G); Clypeus without lateral lobe, medially with convex swelling (Fig. 2 H); malar space absent (Fig. 2 I); inner surface of mandible with one sub-apical tooth (Fig. 2 I); lower front protuberant above antennae and with a shallow groove medially (Fig. 2 I); HW 1.9 × minimum distance of IOD (Fig. 2 I); long ovipositor sheath visible dorsally (Fig. 2 K). Colour. Frons, pronotum, scutum, scutellum, propodeum, metanotum and metasoma with dark brown to black erect vestiture, other areas with white vestiture (Figs. 2 A – 2 D); trochanter brownish, tibia beneath brown, tarsi yellowish orange with joints brownish (Fig. 2 A); head, mesopleuron, metasomal segments, coxa and femora black (Figs. 2 B, 2 C, 2 G, 2 J); mesosoma with pronotum and propodeum orange red, scutum, scutellum, metanotum and pronotal collar reddish brown (Fig. 2 D); scape and pedicel shiny reddish brown, 1 st to 6 th flagellum reddish brown, 7 th flagellum black mixed with reddish brown, 8 th to 10 th flagellum black (Fig. 2 E); mandible dark brown (Fig. 2 I); ovipositor sheath orange (Fig. 2 K). Size. 7.6 mm.	en	Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Viswanath, Tharakadu K., Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi (2022): First report of Methocha ubiquita Krombein (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1): 9-14, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.1.9
03B1C375D45BBD43FFFCF2B6FA3552D5.taxon	description	Male. Unknown.	en	Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Viswanath, Tharakadu K., Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi (2022): First report of Methocha ubiquita Krombein (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1): 9-14, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.1.9
03B1C375D45BBD43FFFCF2B6FA3552D5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Oriental: India, Kerala (New record); Sri Lanka (Krombein, 1982). These minor differences seem to be due to individual differences in geographically separated populations.	en	Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Viswanath, Tharakadu K., Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi (2022): First report of Methocha ubiquita Krombein (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1): 9-14, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.1.9
