Isometopidea Poppius, 1913

Isometopidea Poppius, 1913: 251–253 (as new genus); Schuh 1995: 7–8 (catalogue); Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 2 (catalogue), 2002–2013 (online catalogue).

Type species: Isometopidea lieweni Poppius, 1913 from Ceylon, by original designation; monobasic.

Diagnosis. Elongate, shiny; head vertical, longer than broad. Space between the eyes narrow, with a deep furrow. Labium extending to the hind coxae. Pronotum with a collar-like anterior margin separating callosities by a deep transverse line. Pronotal disk strongly punctate, wider than long, narrowed toward the front, posterior margin curved at the middle, lateral margins flattened. Calli prominent, separated by a median sulcus. Hemelytra heavily punctate, with elongate hair-like setae; clavus suture extending beyond apex of scutellum, forming a claval commissure; membrane with two cells, larger inner cell rounded at corners.

Distribution. India, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan.

Note. Isometopidea yangi Lin (2005), described from Taiwan, recently was transferred to Kohnometopus Yasunaga and placed in Gigantometopini by Yasunaga et al. (2017) and, thus, removed from the list of Oriental species of Isometopidea . See our note under Gigantometopini giving reasons for maintaining Isometopidea in Myiommini .

One species is here described from India and one was previously known from Sri Lanka.