Additions to the knowledge of the genus Dolichurus Latreille (Hymenoptera Ampulicidae) from India with the description of two new species Author Anagha, S. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 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. 0000-0003-4722-6368 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 & pmsuresh 43 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4722 - 6368 pmsuresh43@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2020 2020-07-30 4821 1 121 134 journal article 8970 10.11646/zootaxa.4821.1.6 599c1669-88c0-4f31-8601-f6cf7f215277 1175-5326 4398302 EFA97B39-07A7-4B58-95FE-68F4BDF949FB Genus Dolichurus Latreille 1809 Dolichurus Latreille 1809: 387 . Type species: Pompilus corniculus Spinola 1808 , designated by Latreille 1810: 438 . Thyreosphex Ashmead 1904: 282 . Type species: Thyreosphex stantoni Ashmead 1904 , by monotypy. Diagnosis . Both antennal sockets covered by a single median platform like lobe; metasternum somewhat emarginated posteriorly; metasoma inserted above and somewhat behind hind coxae; fore wing media diverging after Cu–a; hind wing media diverging before Cu–a; hind wing jugal lobe present; notauli well developed, complete to posterior scutal margin or nearly so; propodeal outline rather sharply bent in profile ( Bohart & Menke 1976 ). Distribution . Oriental; Ethiopian; Australian; Palearctic; Nearctic and Neotropical region.