Kriechbaumerella destructor

Kriechbaumerella destructor (Waterston, 1922) (Figs 54–57) Material examined. Tamil Nadu: 1♀ Erode dt, Avalpoondurai, 13.xii.2024, Coll. S. Nivetha Diagnosis. Black, with legs, scape and proximal funiculars, tegula, epipygium, and gastral terga ventroposteriorly brown (Fig. 54); preorbital carinae indicated (Fig. 55, arrow); mesosoma umbilicately punctate with small setigerous punctures, the interspaces reticulate; scutellum distinctly longer than maximum width, conspicuously bidentate apically (Fig. 57, arrow); axillae and sides of propodeum with tufts of silvery-white setae (Figs 54, 57); fore wing with two dark brown regions, one adjoining mv and other beyond pmv enclosing circular hyaline area with silver setae (Fig. 54); metacoxa with dorsobasal tubercle; metafemur with three lobes or serrulation (Fig. 56); metasoma acuminate apically (Fig. 57); Gt 1 finely granulose dorsally; epipygium as long as 0.8× length of Gt 1, with median longitudinal carina; ovipositor sheath extended, almost as long as epipygium (Fig. 57).