Nitela collaris Turner, 1916

Nitela collaris Turner, 1916 View in CoL

( Figs 1–15 View FIGURES 1–8 View FIGURES 9–15 )

As Nitela fallax View in CoL : Turner, 1916: 343 (Bihar: Pusa; Sri Lanka).

Nitela collaris Turner, 1926: 201 View in CoL , ♀. Syntypes: India: Bihar: Pusa ; Sri Lanka: Peradiniya; Malaysia: Selangor: Kuala Lumpur (NHM) .

Diagnosis. Mesoscutum with transverse ridges ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 & 12 View FIGURES 9–15 ); pronotum with broad transverse groove, anterior angles almost rectangular, anterior margin conspicuously raised ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 & 12 View FIGURES 9–15 ); propodeum reticulate ( Figs 5 View FIGURES 1–8 & 13 View FIGURES 9–15 ).

Distribution. India: Bihar, Karnataka ( new record), Kerala ( new record), West Bengal ( new record). Elsewhere: China; Malaysia; Sri Lanka ( Pulawski 2025).

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka, Udupi district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Kollur check dam ( 13°51'12"N, 74°48'37"E), 4.ix.2021, 1 ♀, V.D. Hegde & Party collectors, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/ INV/18925 GoogleMaps ; Kerala, Kannur district, Kannapuram ( 11°58'01"N, 75°20'21"N), 2.xii.2018, 25.xii.2018, 16.xii.2018, 3.iii.2019, 28.iv.2019, 4.viii.2019, 11 ♀ & 1 ♂, C. Charesh collector, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/18604– 18613, 18617 & 19034; Thiruvananthapuram district , Karyavattam ( 8°34'35"N, 76°53'16"E), 27.ix.2019, 1 ♀, N.V. Ayisha Mawadda collector, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/18614; Kozhikode district , Kottooli ( 11°16'41"N, 75°47'31"E), 20.vi.2017, 1 ♀, P. Girish Kumar collector, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/18615; Wayanad district , Thirunelli, Pothumala ( 11°30'22"N, 76°08'17"E), 13.vi.2020, 2 ♀, P. Girish Kumar collector, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/19035 & 19036 GoogleMaps ; West Bengal, Purba Medinipur district, Digha, Zoological Survey of India Campus ( 21°37'17"N, 87°30'56"E), 24.iii.2021, 1 ♀, K.G. Emiliyamma collector, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC/IR/INV/18616 GoogleMaps .