Austronomia goniognatha

Austronomia goniognatha (Cockerell, 1919) (Fig. 2A–I) Nomia goniognatha Cockerell, 1919:7. Holotype ♂. Philippines, Davao, Mindanao – USNM. Material examined. 3♂♂, 1♀, India: West Bengal, Cooch Behar, Pundibari, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya Campus (26°23'60"N, 89°22'48"E), 08.viii.2022, Swept, leg. B. Majumder; 1♂, 09.viii.2022, Swept, leg. S. Sardar; 4♂♂, 09.xi.2022, Swept, leg. R. Nath. Diagnostic characters. Male. Body length varies from 8 to 10 mm. Pubescence pale orange (Fig. 2A); clypeus covered with greyish-yellow pubescence; surface above antennal socket to vertex edge with golden yellow pubescence; antennal scape and pedicel black with golden bristle-like hairs surround the scape; F1 with yellow tip (Fig. 2C); scutum and scutellum with moss-like feltings over the whole surface, metanotum with greyish yellow fringed hairs covering both sides' margins, and the middle with fulvous tomentum; tegula reddish, auriform with a testaceous and piceous base (Fig. 2D); wings dusky (Fig. 2B) tergites punctuated, apex covered with a pale fulvous hair band (Fig. 2E); S4 emarginated with a strong dark keel, surrounded by greyish yellow pubescence, longer on the lateral side than in the middle; S5 produces a claviform apex with a strong dark keel (Figs 2F, 2H, 2I); hind femora enormously swollen and helmet-shaped with conical projection between femora of the intermediate legs; apical part of the hind tibia, except the tarsi's apex, is ferruginous (Fig. 2G). Distribution in Oriental. Cambodia, Indonesia, Southern China (Ascher & Pickering, 2024), Malaysia, Philippines (Pauly, 2024), Singapore (Ascher et al., 2022), India (new record - West Bengal).