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Largest known stephanids ranging up to
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(excluding ovipositor); length of fore wing 520 (but usually 1018) mm; rounded temple without conspicuous ivory-white streak behind eye; neck mostly elongate; pronotal folds distinct; fore wing with 2-SR and 2-SR+M present, vein r of fore wing straight, in most cases distinctly removed from apex of pterostigma; vein 2-SR of fore wing medium-sized and straight; vein 1-SR of fore wing differentiated because of presence of vein 1-SR+M; bidentate hind femora; hind tibia distinctly narrowed basally and at most basal half ventrally carinate; outer side of hind tibia without oblique striae or rugulosity; ovipositor sheath with ivory subapical band.
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Mainly Indo-Australian and Neotropical, with scattered reports from subtropical
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, Southern Nearctic and Central and Southern Europe (
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Probably attacking beetle larvae infesting dead trees (
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<emphasis id="B93C187F5A49FFAEFF6EFB56A766FB57" bold="true" box="[199,273,1168,1194]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Notes.</emphasis>
The genus comprises more than 50 species worldwide (New World: 10 spp.; West Palaearctic: 1 species; Australian continent: 2 species (
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), Oriental, Wallacea and Papua: 39 species (
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)). The genus is represented by a single species
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A49FFAEFD3CFB10A4B5FB12" box="[661,706,1238,1263]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">viz.,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C48BFEE5A49FFAEFD63FB10A267FB12" authority="van Achterberg" authorityName="van Achterberg" box="[714,1040,1237,1264]" class="Insecta" family="Stephanidae" genus="Megischus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alveolifer">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A49FFAEFD63FB10A52BFB12" box="[714,860,1237,1263]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">M. alveolifer</emphasis>
van Achterberg
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F35F84FD5A49FFAEFBFEFB13A2E3FB12" box="[1111,1172,1237,1263]" name="India" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">India</collectingCountry>
. A new species
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A49FFAEFAE0FB10A301FB12" box="[1353,1398,1238,1263]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">viz.,</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C48BFEE5A49FFAEFAD7FB10A411FAEE" authority="Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar" authorityName="Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Stephanidae" genus="Megischus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ranjithi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A49FFAEFAD7FB10A69CFAEF" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">M. ranjithi</emphasis>
Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A49FFAEFDC4FB3EA4B1FAEF" bold="true" box="[621,710,1272,1298]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20FA5045A49FFAEFDC4FB3EA4B1FAEF" box="[621,710,1272,1298]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is described here with illustrations and is incorporated into a key to Indian species.
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