Female: Clypeus not extending beyond anterior tentorial pits. Occipital carina incomplete. Mesosoma with pronotal fovea. Pronotal carina lamellate ventral to fovea. Forewing with prestigma more than 0.5x length of pterostigma. Mesepisternum with dorsal episternal groove and epicnemial carina. Transeverse striations of propodeum weak. T1 sessile, funnel shaped in dorsal view. Colour: Body yellow with black markings.
India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Amirantes; Australia (introduced); Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Chagos Archipelago; Chile, Easter Is. (introduced); China (Hong Kong); Egypt; Fiji; French Polynesia; Hawaii; Indonesia; Iran; Japan; Laos; Madagascar; Malaysia; Marianas; Mauritius; Myanmar; Nepal; New Caledonia; New Zealand (introduced); Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; Society Is.; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Tonga; U.S.A. (introduced); Vietnam.
Distribution within India
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