Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species Author Gawas, Sandesh M. School of Sciences (SoS), Jain University, Bangalore, India; Author Gupta, Ankita Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterisation, ICAR - National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, India text Journal of Natural History 2024 2024-03-22 58 9 - 12 342 381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671 1464-5262 11059701 Brachymeria jambolana Gahan, 1942 ( Figures 25, 26 ) Brachymeria jambolana Gahan, 1942 Material examined INDIA : Goa , Dharbandora , Mollem National Park , 21 November 2019 , 2 females , yellow pan trap , coll . Sandesh Gawas . Description Female, length of the body 3.5–3.8 mm. Colour. Body black with following yellow: tegulae, the apex of fore and mid femur, fore and mid tibia, all tarsi, lateral and dorsal surface of hind tibia and apex of the hind femur. Figure 25–30. Habitus: 25–26, Brachymeria jambolana ; 27–28, Brachymeria megaspila ; 29–30, Dirhinus anthracia . Head. Distinctly wider than high. Pre-orbital carina absent and postorbital carina present. POL 2× OOL. Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate, interstices carinate. Scutellum rounded at apex. Fore wing with post-marginal vein shorter than marginal vein and longer than stigmal vein. Ventral margin of hind femur with 10 teeth of distinct sizes. Distribution INDIA . Goa (new record), Kerala , Karnataka , Meghalaya , Tamil Nadu , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal ( Sheela et al . 2015 ; Emiliyamma 2016 ).