Review of the genus Miscophus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) of the Indian subcontinent with descriptions of two new species from southern India Author Kumar, P. Girish 0000-0003-2121-0165 Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India kpgiris@gmail.com Author Mawadda, N. V. Ayisha 0000-0003-4649-9428 Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India & University of Calicut, Thenhipalam P. O., Malappuram 673635, Kerala, India ayishakmr@gmail.com Author Terine, Joshua B. 0000-0002-6981-7401 Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India & University of Calicut, Thenhipalam P. O., Malappuram 673635, Kerala, India terinejb@gmail.com Author Amal, S. 0009-0006-3936-0443 Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India & Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India amalothayoth96@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-04 5418 5 589 600 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.8 journal article 290200 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.8 1ee370e0-3dfd-42cf-ae03-beba149f84a6 1175-5326 10780130 FB6FC5A6-597B-4B48-89DC-064CB78CBC0C Key to Miscophus of Indian subcontinent 1. Head and mesosoma dark metallic greenish blue ( Figs 5 & 7 ); frons above antennal scrobe with small longitudinal depression and two well-developed transverse depressions ( Fig. 6 )............................ M. kaleshi Girish Kumar sp. nov. - Head and mesosoma brownish black to black ( Figs 1 , 14 , 18 , 26 & 30 ); frons without such depressions ( Figs 3 , 16 , 19 , 28 & 31 )................................................................................................. 2 2. Metasoma partly or entirely orange red to brick red ( Figs 15 , 27 & 35 )........................................... 3 - Metasoma almost entirely black ( Figs 2 & 25 ).............................................................. 5 3. Basal two to three metasomal segments orange to red, remaining segments black ( Figs 15 & 27 )...................... 4 - All metasomal segments orange to red ( Fig 35 )........................................ M. rothneyi Bingham, 1897 4. Head, mesosoma, and metasoma with distinct close punctures; propodeal dorsum with distinct oblique vertical ridges on both sides of median carina along with punctures ( Fig. 27 )................................... M. quettaensis Nurse, 1903 - Head, mesosoma, and metasoma with grain-like microsculpture ( Fig. 15 ); propodeal dorsum without oblique vertical ridges, only with grain-like microsculpture on both sides of median carina ( Fig. 15 )............... M. nigricans Cameron, 1907 5. Head, mesosoma and metasoma mostly smooth and shiny; frons with sparse punctures and coriaceous as in Fig. 3 ; propodeal dorsum shiny with some inconspicuous transverse ridges medially and few inconspicuous oblique ridges basally, without distinct median carina as in Fig. 2 ; second submarginal cell 3-sided, second recurrent vein joining second submarginal cell at its extreme apex ( Fig. 2 )............................................................. M. difficilis Nurse, 1903 - Head, mesosoma and metasoma mostly minutely and closely punctured; frons with close punctures as in Fig. 19 ; propodeal dorsum with irregular somewhat conspicuous longitudinal ridges, with distinct median carina as in Fig. 23 ; second submarginal cell 4-sided, second recurrent vein joining second submarginal cell at its submedial margin ( Fig. 24 ).......................................................................................... M. prasanthi Girish Kumar sp. nov.