A taxonomic study of Methocha Latreille (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India with description of three new species Author Hanima, Raveendran K. P. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673006, India. 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 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- 673001, Kerala, Affiliated to University of Calicut. binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in Author Sureshan, P. M. 0000-0003-4722-6368 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673006, India. & pmsuresh 43 @ gmail. com, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4722 - 6368 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-07-12 4999 3 258 272 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.3.5 1175-5326 5119053 FB77698C-87DD-4525-A697-F4026E57266C 1. Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019 ( Figs 1–12 ) Methocha keralaensis Hanima & Girish Kumar (2019) : 63 ( , India : Kerala (ZSIK). Diagnosis. Female. Body length 5 mm . Bases of fl 1 –fl 5 brown; ocelli arranged in acute triangle; mesosoma black; head strongly narrowed behind eyes; POD 1.06 × AOD, 0.47 × OOD; apical margin of clypeal lobe rounded; basal metasomal segments black. Male unknown. Distribution. India : Kerala .