Additions to the knowledge on the genus Carinostigmus Tsuneki (Hymenoptera Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of two new species Author Rajan, Tessy 0000-0001-9482-7719 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. tessy. rajan 3 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9482 - 7719 tessy.rajan3@gmail.com Author Sureshan, P. M. 0000-0003-4722-6368 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. tessy. rajan 3 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9482 - 7719 & pmsuresh 43 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4722 - 6368 pmsuresh43@gmail.com Author Kumar, P. Girish 0000-0003-2121-0165 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. tessy. rajan 3 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9482 - 7719 & kpgiris @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2121 - 0165 kpgiris@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-18 4881 1 152 164 journal article 7934 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.9 9c4cb247-2c5b-44b8-975d-dbe356495cef 1175-5326 4426081 84F65745-9585-4F8A-AB69-4E177EADEE9C Carinostigmus aterrimus ( Turner, 1917 ) ( Figs 30–38 ) Stigmus aterrimus Turner, 1917:174 , ♀ . Holotype : ♀ , India : Tamil Nadu , Nilgiri Hills , Coonoor ( NHM ). Material examined. INDIA : Tamil Nadu , Nilgiri district , Coonoor ( 11° 21’ 10.8’’ N , 76° 47’ 45.24’’ E ), 4 ♀ & 5 ♂ , 7.i.2019 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12512–12520; Nilgiri district , Ooty ( 11°21’10.8’’ N , 76°47’45.24’’ E ), 1 ♂ , 8.i.2019 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12522; Coimbatore district , Valparai ( 11° 21’ 10.8’’ N , 76° 47’ 45.24’’ E ), 1 ♀ , 1.i.2019 , Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.12521 . Distribution. India : Karnataka , Tamil Nadu ( Turner 1917 ; Pulawski & Gracy 2018 ).