taxonID	type	description	language	source
C730325B039C5BC1B25065DC2E1C9C47.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Medium to large size. Temple without pale yellowish streak behind eye. Pronotum robust without transverse protuberance. First subdiscal cell of fore wing comparatively narrow basally, approximately as wide as first discal cell or narrower; vein 1 - SR of fore wing differentiated with first discal cell present because of presence of vein 1 - SR + M; vein 1 - M and vein 2 - SR straight or nearly so. Hind wing without trace of vein cu-a. Hind coxa without dorsal tooth; hind femur with two distinct teeth; hind tibia narrowed basally and inner side usually with wide sub-medical depression, evenly rounded ventrally and without oblique striae or rugae on the outer sides; hind tarsus with three tarsomeres. Sternite I not differentiated from tergite I. Tergite I 4.2 - 17.6 x as long as its apical width, cylindrical, distinctly longer than tergite II; tergite II more or less petiolate and sculptured basally. Ovipositor sheath with ivory subapical band.	en	Ge, Si-Xun, Shi, Hong-Liang, Ren, Li-Li, Tan, Jiang-Li (2021): Description of a new species of Megischus Brulle (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China. ZooKeys 1022: 65-77, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833
C730325B039C5BC1B25065DC2E1C9C47.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cosmopolitan. The distribution of Chinese species is illustrated in Fig. 20.	en	Ge, Si-Xun, Shi, Hong-Liang, Ren, Li-Li, Tan, Jiang-Li (2021): Description of a new species of Megischus Brulle (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China. ZooKeys 1022: 65-77, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833
E7E05FA6A9DF5709B8B4B53C45786FDB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype, ♀ (BFU), China: Guizhou, Libo, Maolan National Nature Reserve; Wuyanqiao; 108 ° 6.065 ' E, 25 ° 17.598 ' N, 541 m, 26. V. 2020, leg. Si-Xun Ge.	en	Ge, Si-Xun, Shi, Hong-Liang, Ren, Li-Li, Tan, Jiang-Li (2021): Description of a new species of Megischus Brulle (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China. ZooKeys 1022: 65-77, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833
E7E05FA6A9DF5709B8B4B53C45786FDB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Head completely dark reddish brown (red in alive specimen; Fig. 19), temples slightly bulging behind eyes; ocellar area (Fig. 2) transversely rugose; vertex reticulate-rugose medially, followed by weakly transverse rugae posteriorly almost reaching occipital carina; pronotum (Fig. 4) subparallel anteriorly and with distinct pronotal fold; apical median portion of neck shiny (before protonal fold); medio-anterior pronotum moderately wide (in dorsal view) and strong transverse rugae; scutellum (Fig. 6) almost glabrous and with foveolae laterally; vein 1 - M ca 5.9 x as long as vein 1 - SR; hind basitarsus densely setose and parallel-sided, ventral length 7.4 x maximum width.	en	Ge, Si-Xun, Shi, Hong-Liang, Ren, Li-Li, Tan, Jiang-Li (2021): Description of a new species of Megischus Brulle (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China. ZooKeys 1022: 65-77, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833
E7E05FA6A9DF5709B8B4B53C45786FDB.taxon	description	Description. Holotype. Female. Length of body 39.1 mm; forewing 21.3 mm; ovipositor sheath 59 mm. Head. Antenna with 39 flagellomeres; the first flagellomere slender, length 3.4 x its maximum width, and length of second flagellomere 1.2 x its width; frons coarsely and transversely rugose (Fig. 1); three anterior coronal teeth large and lobe-shaped, both posterior ones smaller and wider; vertex transversely rugose anteriorly and reticulate-rugose medially, followed by coarsely and slightly curved rugosities reaching occipital carina; temple slightly bulging, smooth and shiny (Fig. 2), except for some fine punctures laterally; occipital carina strongly developed and connected to hypostomal carina; hypostomal carina large and without distinct rugae, only some punctures (Fig. 3). Mesosoma. Neck robust and anteriorly distinctly concave (Fig. 4), with several weak incomplete carina anteriorly and three interrupted and rather strong carina, at lower level than middle part of pronotum postero-dorsally (Fig. 5), and with large smooth and shiny area before pronotal fold; pronotal fold strong, weakly sinuate and below it with rather deep concavity (Fig. 4); middle part of pronotum with nine weak and irregular transverse carinae (as laterally) and with distinct oblique lateral groove; no median carina anteriorly; middle part of pronotum weakly differentiated from posterior part (Fig. 5), and latero-posteriorly rather weakly convex; posterior part of pronotum generally with rather sparse setosity, latero-ventrally densely setose but dorso-posteriorly glabrous, with several coarse punctures and latero-posteriorly with some crenulae; propleuron coriaceous and setose; prosternum densely foveolate, foveolae circular and setose; convex part of mesopleuron strongly foveolate and with dense short whitish setosity (Fig. 5); mesosternum largely smooth (except some fine punctures); scutellum smooth and with foveolae laterally (Fig. 6); propodeum dorsally almost glabrous (Fig. 7), completely with shallow, circular foveolae, most foveolae are separated and some of them coalescent. Wings. Fore wing: wing membrane largely subhyaline (Fig. 8), and surface evenly bristly; vein M + CU 1 with four short, erect, equidistant spiny setae; vein 1 - M 5.9 x as long as vein 1 - SR and 0.8 x vein m-cu; vein 2 - SR 0.9 x as long as vein r; vein r ends 0.5 x length of pterostigma behind the level of apex of pterostigma; vein 1 - SR 1.1 x as long as parastigmal vein; vein 3 - CU 1 distinct and curved apically. Legs. Hind coxa rather strong, annular, largely transversely striate, with long whitish setosity strongly inclined towards (Fig. 9); hind femur robust, with scattered punctures and largely smooth and shiny interspaces (Fig. 10), hind femur ventrally with two large teeth and ten minute teeth in between and one small tooth behind large posterior tooth; hind tibia distinctly curved basally (Fig. 11), elongate and 1.2 x longer than hind femur, densely setose and mostly sparsely punctate, basal narrow part of hind tibia 0.5 x as wide as widest part, lateral view of hind tibia below depression nearly parallel-sided and slender, inner side rather convex basally, densely setose; hind basitarsus slender and parallel-sided, bristly setose ventrally, ventral length 7.4 x its maximum width (Fig. 12). Metasoma. Tergite I transversely striate-rugose (Fig. 13), ca 6.9 x as long as its maximum width and 10.4 x its apical width, 1.9 x as tergite II and 0.7 x as remainder of metasoma; basal 0.1 of tergite II rugose, remainder smooth and glabrous; remainder of tergites (Fig. 14) shiny and with sparse and short setae (except tergite VII densely setose medially); pygidial area coriaceous, medially moderately convex and distinctly punctate medially and anteriorly, with long straight setae; length of ovipositor sheath ca 1.5 x as long as body and ca 2.8 x as long as forewing, length of subapical whitish band (Fig. 15) twice as long as dark apical part. Ovipositor tip laterally compressed, with minute teeth apically (Fig. 16). Colour. Mostly black; mesosoma, metasoma, antennae, and hind legs black or blackish; head dark reddish brown; tergite II brownish bilaterally; wing membrane light brownish, hyaline, except most of hind portion of first subdiscal cell and apical part of hind wing brown; veins and pterostigma brown or dark brown; fore and middle legs dark brown (except for coxae black); ovipositor sheath largely black and with whitish subapical band. Male. Unknown.	en	Ge, Si-Xun, Shi, Hong-Liang, Ren, Li-Li, Tan, Jiang-Li (2021): Description of a new species of Megischus Brulle (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China. ZooKeys 1022: 65-77, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833
E7E05FA6A9DF5709B8B4B53C45786FDB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is derived from the name of a giant chasing the sun in Chinese mythology, as an analogy of its exclusively large size and a dark reddish-brown head.	en	Ge, Si-Xun, Shi, Hong-Liang, Ren, Li-Li, Tan, Jiang-Li (2021): Description of a new species of Megischus Brulle (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China. ZooKeys 1022: 65-77, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833
E7E05FA6A9DF5709B8B4B53C45786FDB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guizhou).	en	Ge, Si-Xun, Shi, Hong-Liang, Ren, Li-Li, Tan, Jiang-Li (2021): Description of a new species of Megischus Brulle (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China. ZooKeys 1022: 65-77, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833
E7E05FA6A9DF5709B8B4B53C45786FDB.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Collected in May. Host is unknown.	en	Ge, Si-Xun, Shi, Hong-Liang, Ren, Li-Li, Tan, Jiang-Li (2021): Description of a new species of Megischus Brulle (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China. ZooKeys 1022: 65-77, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1022.62833
