Brachymeria Westwood, 1829

Brachymeria Westwood (in Stephens), 1829: 36.

Type species: Chalcis minuta Fabricius; designated by Westwood, 1839

Thaumatelia Kirby, 1883: 60 .

Type species: Chalcis separata Walker, by monotypy (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Halstead 1991)

Oncochalcis Cameron, 1904: 162 .

Type species: Oncochalcis marginata Cameron, by monotypy; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Nikol’skaya 1960)

Holochalcis Kieffer, 1905: 258 .

Type species: Holochalcis madagascariensis Kieffer, by subsequent designation of Gahan and Fagan (1923); (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Narendran (in Subba Rao and Hayat), 1987b)

Tumidicoxa Girault, 1911: 378 .

Type species: Tumidicoxa nigra Girault, by original designation; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Girault (1913))

Thaumatelia Kirby, 1883: 60 .

Type species Chalcis separata Walker, by monotypy; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Halstead 1991)

Thaumateliana Girault, 1912: 160–161 .

Type species: Thaumateliana bicolour Girault, by monotypy; (synonymised with Thaumatelia Kirby by Narendran and Verghese 1989)

Pseudepitelia Girault, 1913: 104 .

Type species: Pseudepitelia rubrifemur Girault, by original designation; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Girault 1915a)

Brachepitelia Girault, 1913a: 106 .

Type species: Brachepitelia rubripes Girault, by original designation and monotypy; (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Girault (1915a))

Tumidicoxoides Girault, 1913b: 86 .

Type species: Tumidicoxoides kurandaensis Girault, by original designation; (synonymy with Brachymeria Westwood by Girault (1926))

Tumidicoxella Girault, 1913c: 74. As a subgenus of Tumidicoxa;

type species: Tumidicoxa (Tumidicoxella) nigra Girault by original designation

Microchalcis Girault, 1915a: 328 .

Type species: Microchalcis atricorpus Girault by original designation; (synonymised by Bouček, 1988)

Dirrhinomorpha Girault and Dodd (in Girault 1915a): 327.

Type species: Dirrhinomorpha angusta Girault and Dodd, by original designation (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood and treated as subgenus of Brachymeria by Bouček, 1988)

Meyeriella Krausse, 1917: 95 .

Type species: Meyeriella indica Krausse, by monotypy (synonymised with Brachymeria Westwood by Narendran, 1986)

Neobrachymeria Masi, 1929c: 196–198 . As a subgenus of Brachymeria .

Type species: Brachymeria confalonierii Masi by original designation

Australochalcis Girault, 1939: 326 .

Type species: Australochalcis humilicrus Girault, by original designation and monotypy (listed as synonym of Brachymeria Westwood by Bouček,1988)

Matsumurameria Habu, 1960: 209. As a subgenus of Brachymeria .

Type species: Chalcis taiwanus Matsumura, by original designation

Gahanula Burks, 1960: 261 .

Type species: Brachymeria discreta Gahan, by original designation (as a subgenus of Brachymeria)

Key to species of Brachymeria Westwood, 1829

1. Post-orbital carina absent (Figure 80)...................... ...................... B. carbonaria (Zehntner)

– Post-orbital carina present (Figure 81)......................................................................................... 2

2. Hind femur black with yellow at apex (Figure 90); scutellum distinctly bilobed with dense silvery pubescence on all around the apical margin (Figure 84).............................. ......................................................................................................................... B. megaspila (Cameron)

– Completely or partially not as above (Figure 85) .................................................................... 3

3. Hind femur red with a yellow patch at the apex (Figure 88) B. bengalensis (Cameron)

– Hind femur black with apex yellow (Figure 89) ....................................................................... 4

4. Gaster globose in lateral view (Figure 91); clava more than 2.0× as long as the previous segment.................................................................................... B. euploeae (Westwood)

– Gaster acuminate in lateral view (Figure 92); clava less than 2.0× as long as the previous segment............................................................................................ B. jambolana Gahan