Female: Claws bifid. Mid tibia with one spur. Mesosoma globular, as wide as high. Pronotum with pretegular carina. Mesepisternum without epicnemial carina. Axillary fossa oval. Tegula longer than wide. Propodeal vuvlula not separated from submarginal carina posteriorly. Second submarginal cell basally acute. Metasoma petiolate, T1 1.25x or more than the length of mesosoma. Colour: Body reddish brown with yellow markings.
India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Myanmar; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand.
Distribution within India
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