Revision of Meridindia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), an endemic genus, with description of a new species from India Author Salini, S. ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, 560024, Karnataka, India Author Gracy, R. G. 0000-0002-6764-5167 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, 560024, Karnataka, India gandhi_gracy@yahoo.co.in Author Sushil, S. N. 0000-0002-5718-1629 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, 560024, Karnataka, India ushil@icar.gov.in text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-21 5428 2 207 234 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.3 1175-5326 10847508 5766F2F1-E110-4F3B-B2ED-638184E1C78F Key to species of Meridindia 1 Apex of mandibular plates sinuate with anterior apex of inner lobe rounded or truncate ( Fig. 12 ); ventral margin of transversely divided ventral rim of genital capsule with deep, median U-shaped emargination ( Fig. 19 : vm)..... M. kaniza Ghauri, 1982 - Apex of mandibular plates sinuate with anterior apex of inner lobe acute or subacute ( Figs. 35 , 61 ); ventral margin of transversely divided ventral rim of genital capsule either deeply V-shaped ( Fig. 68 : vm) or with narrow, short, semicircular notch at the middle ( Fig. 42 : vm)................................................................................... 2 2 Humeri subacute, prominent above base of hemelytra ( Fig. 38 ); minute denticle in front of compound eyes absent ( Fig. 35 ); dorsal rim laterally with superior processes of dorsal rim ( Figs. 41 : ds, 43: ds) well developed; ventral margin of transversely divided ventral rim of genital capsule with narrow, short, semicircular notch at the middle ( Fig. 42 : vm)................................................................................................ M. salmana Ghauri, 1982 - Humeri subrounded, not prominent above base of hemelytra ( Fig. 64 ); minute denticle in front of compound eyes present; dorsal rim with superior processes of dorsal rim ( Figs. 67, 69 ) absent; ventral margin (68–69: vm) of transversely divided ventral rim of genital capsule wide and deeply V-shaped ( Figs. 68–69 : vm)...................... M. magnolia sp. nov.