identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03B1C375D45BBD43FFFCF2B6FA3552D5.text	03B1C375D45BBD43FFFCF2B6FA3552D5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Methocha ubiquita Krombein 1982	<div><p>Methocha ubiquita Krombein, 1982 (Figs 2A–K)</p><p>Methocha (Methocha) ubiquita Krombein, 1982:92–94 . Holotype: ♂, Sri Lanka: Eastern Province, Trincomalee District, Trincomalee (NMNH); Paratypes: 41♂♂, 17♀♀, all across Sri Lanka (USNM) (Fig. 1).</p><p>Material examined. India: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Kakkodi, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.772224&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.772224/lat 11.335)">Cherukulam</a> (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 .</p><p>Diagnosis. Female. Posterior half of mesopleuron with coarser oblique rugulae (Fig. 2C); scutum and scutellum bulged dorsally and separated by a constriction (Fig. 2D); pronotal disk with a median longitudinal groove (Fig. 2F); POL 2.2 × LOL and 0.9 × OOL (Fig. 2G); Clypeus without lateral lobe, medially with convex swelling (Fig. 2H); malar space absent (Fig. 2I); inner surface of mandible with one sub-apical tooth (Fig. 2I); lower front protuberant above antennae and with a shallow groove medially (Fig. 2I); HW 1.9 × minimum distance of IOD (Fig. 2I); long ovipositor sheath visible dorsally (Fig. 2K).</p><p>Colour. Frons, pronotum, scutum, scutellum, propodeum, metanotum and metasoma with dark brown to black erect vestiture, other areas with white vestiture (Figs. 2A–2D); trochanter brownish, tibia beneath brown, tarsi yellowish orange with joints brownish (Fig. 2A); head, mesopleuron, metasomal segments, coxa and femora black (Figs. 2B, 2C, 2G, 2J); mesosoma with pronotum and propodeum orange red, scutum, scutellum, metanotum and pronotal collar reddish brown (Fig. 2D); scape and pedicel shiny reddish brown, 1st to 6th flagellum reddish brown, 7th flagellum black mixed with reddish brown, 8th to 10th flagellum black (Fig. 2E); mandible dark brown (Fig. 2I); ovipositor sheath orange (Fig. 2K).</p><p>Size. 7.6 mm.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Oriental: India, Kerala (New record); Sri Lanka (Krombein, 1982).</p><p>These minor differences seem to be due to individual differences in geographically separated populations.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B1C375D45BBD43FFFCF2B6FA3552D5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hanima, Raveendran K. P.;Viswanath, Tharakadu K.;Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi	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
