Key to Miscophus of Indian subcontinent 1. Head and mesosoma dark metallic greenish blue (Figs 5 & 7); frons above antennal scrobe with small longitudinal depression and two well-developed transverse depressions (Fig. 6)............................ M. kaleshi Girish Kumar sp. nov. - Head and mesosoma brownish black to black (Figs 1, 14, 18, 26 & 30); frons without such depressions (Figs 3, 16, 19, 28 & 31)................................................................................................. 2 2. Metasoma partly or entirely orange red to brick red (Figs 15, 27 & 35)........................................... 3 - Metasoma almost entirely black (Figs 2 & 25).............................................................. 5 3. Basal two to three metasomal segments orange to red, remaining segments black (Figs 15 & 27)...................... 4 - All metasomal segments orange to red (Fig 35)........................................ M. rothneyi Bingham, 1897 4. Head, mesosoma, and metasoma with distinct close punctures; propodeal dorsum with distinct oblique vertical ridges on both sides of median carina along with punctures (Fig. 27)................................... M. quettaensis Nurse, 1903 - Head, mesosoma, and metasoma with grain-like microsculpture (Fig. 15); propodeal dorsum without oblique vertical ridges, only with grain-like microsculpture on both sides of median carina (Fig. 15)............... M. nigricans Cameron, 1907 5. Head, mesosoma and metasoma mostly smooth and shiny; frons with sparse punctures and coriaceous as in Fig. 3; propodeal dorsum shiny with some inconspicuous transverse ridges medially and few inconspicuous oblique ridges basally, without distinct median carina as in Fig. 2; second submarginal cell 3-sided, second recurrent vein joining second submarginal cell at its extreme apex (Fig. 2)............................................................. M. difficilis Nurse, 1903 - Head, mesosoma and metasoma mostly minutely and closely punctured; frons with close punctures as in Fig. 19; propodeal dorsum with irregular somewhat conspicuous longitudinal ridges, with distinct median carina as in Fig. 23; second submarginal cell 4-sided, second recurrent vein joining second submarginal cell at its submedial margin (Fig. 24).......................................................................................... M. prasanthi Girish Kumar sp. nov.

Published as part of Kumar, P. Girish, Mawadda, N. V. Ayisha, Terine, Joshua B. & Amal, S., 2024, Review of the genus Miscophus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) of the Indian subcontinent with descriptions of two new species from southern India, pp. 589-600 in Zootaxa 5418 (5) on page 590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.8, http://zenodo.org/record/10780130