10. Allorhynchium metallicum (de Saussure, 1852)

1852. Rygchium metallicum de Saussure, 114. Lectotype: Female, Bengal (MP).

1963. Allorhynchium metallicum; van der Vecht, 60 (list).

Diagnosis: Female: Median area of clypeus not strongly punctate, diameter of punctures almost equal or less than distance between punctures, interspaces not carinate; T1 and T2 with very small, sparse and very thin punctures except at lateral and apical portions strongly punctured.

Colour Description: Body entirely black except yellow line in between antennal toruli and inner eye margin; tarsal claws blackish brown; wings fusco-hyaline, broadly dark fuscous with purplish reflections along costal margin of forewing.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 11 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 1♀ & 2♂, 21.ix.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Indonesia (Borneo, Moluccas), Maldive Islands, Malaysia (Sarawak), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan.