A review of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from India, with the description of five new species Author Binoy, C. 0000-0002-4999-1971 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India. & Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971 sant@mccclt.ac.in Author Achterberg, C. Van State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture / Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673006, India. Author Santhosh, S. 0000-0002-4999-1971 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971 sant@mccclt.ac.in Author Sheela, S. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700053, India. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-08-25 4838 1 1 51 journal article 8731 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.1.1 662e3cfb-c54c-4b01-ab00-a707ca9bf448 1175-5326 4403367 CBB2E456-150B-4D8F-AC3E-4F6D13217C6C Foenatopus keralensis ( Narendran & Sureshan, 2003 ) ( Fig. 25 ) Diastephanus keralensis Narendran and Sureshan, 2003 , Entomon, 28(2), 121–124. Type material. Holotype ♀ , India : Kerala Malappuram district , Edappal ( 10° 43′ N & 76° 1′ E , 10 m ), 10.x.1999 , Coll. P. Sudha. ( NHM ) FIGURE 25. Habitus of holotype. ♀ Foenatopus keralensis ( Narendran & Sureshan 2003 ) . Diagnosis. Body length 11.1 mm , ovipositor sheath length 8.7 mm . Frons trans-striate without any oblique or longitudinal striations; vertex with four carinae followed by fine striae, not forming any medial grove; pronotum weakly reticulate dorsally; mesoscutum faintly shiny, reticulate, anterior half separated by a fovea, posteriorly with a median ridge; scutellum shiny with faint reticulations; metapleuron microsculptured; propodeum with large pits, interstices transversely reticulate; wings hyaline with pterostigma translucent yellow medially; hind coxa carinate punctate basally turning circularly annulate elsewhere; hind femora tridentate ventrally with a basal tubercle; first metasomal tergite uniformly annulated, longer than remaining segments; ovipositor sheath longer than metasoma, with a subapical yellow band. Male . Unknown. Distribution. Oriental: India ( Kerala ). Host. Unknown.