Stenomalina kasaragodensis Surya & Sureshan, 2024

Surya, Kolencheri Suresh & Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal, 2024, Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2), pp. 195-205 : 196

Key to the Oriental species of Stenomalina Ghesquière (Based on females)

1 Propodeum with a complete longitudinal carina; head and mesosoma metallic green; POL 1.9× as long as OOL; malar space about half eye height; MV 1.6× as long as STV; PMV 1.1× as long as MV; femora basally black; gaster twice as long as broad. ................................................. Stenomalina micans (Olivier)

— Propodeum with an incomplete longitudinal carina ( Fig. 1F); head and mesosoma black; POL 1.4× as long as OOL ( Fig. 1D); malar space less than half eye height ( Fig. 1B); MV 1.8× as long as STV; PMV 1.5× as long as MV ( Fig. 1H); femora basally yellowish brown; gaster thrice as long as broad ( Fig. 1G). ................................................................................. Stenomalina kasaragodensis Surya & Sureshan sp. nov.