Propalachia beaveri Bouček, 1978

Propalachia beaveri Bouček, 1978 View in CoL

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Propalachia beaveri Bouček 1978: 103 View in CoL . Holotype ♀ [BMNH], Malaysia ( Penang): Universiti Sains , 20.i.1976.

Propalachia intermedia Narendran, 1994: 63–64 View in CoL . Holotype ♀ [BMNH], India: Kerala. Synonymised with P beaveri View in CoL by Bouček (1998).

Diagnosis. Body dark with metallic bluish-green reflection, antenna black with scape and pedicel white. Metacoxa dark basoventrally (over two-thirds from base); metafemur distally (especially at teeth) and tibia in basal two-thirds slightly infuscate. Fore wing with slightly oblique infumation. Head with elongate eyes, narrow frons, and short, rounded, receding temples. Occiput slopes steeply behind ocelli. Thoracic dorsum flat with shallow, widely spaced notaular grooves; mesoscutellum convex, apically smooth. Fore wing with pmv 1.28× as long as stv; smv, parastigma, and proximal mv with strong bristles. Propodeum with irregular cross-carinae anteriorly and coarse basal reticulation forming four longitudinal ridges. Mesepimeron mostly smooth except for reticulate depression. Metafemoral teeth variable in shape. Metasoma dorsally smooth and blunt; posterior margin of Gt 2 broadly emarginate, dorsally half as long as Gt 3.

Biology. Hypothesised to be parasitic in the eggs of Cerambycidae by Bouček (1978), but likely incorrectly (see Discussion).

Distribution. China, India ( Kerala), Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand ( Bouček 1978).