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 indostana Turner, 1918 ( Figs 17–20 ) Spilomena indostana Turner 1918: 358 , Holotype or syntypes : ♀ , India : Maharashtra (BMNH). Digital images of the Type examined. Additional citation: Bohart and Menke, 1976: 193 (in checklist of world Sphecidae ). Diagnosis. Female. Inner mandibular tooth broad and blunt; clypeus conspicuously convex medially; propodeum rugose. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India : Maharashtra ( Turner 1918 ) Note. No additional materials were available during the present study. The above diagnosis is based on the original description ( Turner 1918 ) and digital images of the type obtained from BMNH .