A review of the genus Spilomena Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with the description of six new species from India Author Rajan, Tessy 0000-0003-2121-0165 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 kpgiris@gmail.com Author Kumar, P. Girish 0000-0003-2121-0165 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 kpgiris@gmail.com Author Sureshan, P. M. 0000-0003-2121-0165 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 kpgiris@gmail.com Author Binoy, C. 0000-0003-4309-5460 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India. binoy _ doz @ uoc. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4309 - 5460 & Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673001, India, Affiliated to University of Calicut. binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-16 5068 2 263 276 journal article 3511 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.6 e17326ea-9ad5-4f11-b8d0-3e865248d420 1175-5326 5704375 6385D6D2-9442-4626-BA3C-65504B22CD24 Spilomena keralaensis Tessy, Sureshan & Girish Kumar, 2018 Spilomena keralaensis Tessy, Sureshan & Girish Kumar In : Rajan et al. 2018: 158 , Holotype f#, India : Kerala (ZSIK). Diagnosis. Female ( Rajan et al . 2018 , figs. 1–10). Inner mandibular tooth pointed; clypeus weakly convex medially, anterior margin slightly incised medially; propodeum areolate with network of coarse ridges, without two longitudinal carinae near middle, with smooth area at apex; lateral face of propodeum with some strong transverse striations anteriorly and large smooth area medially. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India : Kerala ( Rajan et al . 2018 ).