A new species of Methocha Latreille (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Methochinae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species Author Liao, Xiang-Ping Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China Author Guo, Yi Institute of Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangzhou 510640, China Author Chen, Bin Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China Author Li, Ting-Jing https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-2697 Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China ltjing1979@hotmail.com text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2022 2022-08-31 92 229 240 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.92.87032 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.92.87032 1314-2607-92-229 C2D8507BD65C4606AEAFA198EE47564D 762A55882C5A59F8A2D7F386696AE68D Genus Methocha Latreille, 1804 Methocha Latreille, 1804, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 24: 179. Type species: Mutilla articulata Latreille, 1792, by original·designation and monotypy. Methoca (!)·Latreille, 1804, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. 13: 268. Tengyra Latreille, 1809, Gen. Crust. Ins. 4: 115. Synonym of Methocha by Dalla Torre, 1897: 1. Type species: Tengyra sanvitali Latreille, 1809, by monotypy. Spinolia A. Costa, 1858, Fauna Napoli Scol.: 21. Synonym of Methocha by Dalla Torre, 1897: 1. Type species: Spinolia italica Costa, 1858, by monotypy. Dryinopsis Brues, 1910, Jour. New York Ent. Soc. 18: 16. Synonym of Methocha by Lin, 1966: 182. Type species: Dryinopsis simplicipes Brues, 1910, by monotypy. Diagnosis. Males winged and females wingless; antennal lobe developed (Fig. 3 ) in both sexes; eye setose (Figs 2 , 10 , 18 ) in both sexes; in female mid and hind tibia each with 1 spur, and hind tibial spur with a row of comb-like spines; in male mid and hind tibia each with 2 spurs, and one of the two spurs with a row of comb-like spines; fore-wing with 2 submarginal cells enclosed by tubular veins (Figs 1 , 9 , 17 ). Figures 1-8. Methocha transcarinata sp. nov., holotype, ♂. 1 habitus (dorsal view) 2 head (frontal view) 3 head (lateral view) 4 head (dorsal view) 5 pronotum (dorsal view) 6 propodeum (dorsal view) 7 mesosoma (lateral view, anterior to right) 8 T1 and T2 (dorsal view).