Epyris pusae ( Kurian, 1955 )

Singh, Sudhir, Colombo, Wesley D., Shreevihar, Santhosh, Pandey, Vijay P. & Tribull, Carly M., 2021, Rediscovery of Kurian’s types of Hymenoptera at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India with notes on Indian bethylid fauna, Zootaxa 5019 (1), pp. 1-90 : 52-53

31. Epyris pusae ( Kurian, 1955)

Fig. 31 , A–J

Neodisepyris pusae Kurian, 1955 , 4: 106, 110, 111, Figs: 159–165.

Type locality: Pusa , Bihar, India (♀ holotype, NFIC-FRI) .

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 6.4 mm. General colour black with apex of metasoma reddish-brown. Head wider than long; frons weakly coriaceus; ocelli distinct; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, longer than lateral ones; antenna with sparse pubescence, scape 2.5 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum strongly coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, longer than parapsidal signum; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar suture not sulcate. Metapectal-propodeal disc as long as wide; metapostnotal median carina present. Tarsal claw bifid. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma brown; hind wing with five hamuli. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA], Bengal {Bihar}, Pusa , I-1907, A.M. coll.

Type conditions. Holotype dissected on slides Nº. 73/B. On slides : S1 C1—one forewing, one hind wing. S1 C2—two broken antennae—one without distal four flagellar segments; second with distal six flagellar segments; one proleg and one metaleg, both without coxae. S2 C1—head with scape, pedicel and three funicle segments; metasoma. S2 C2—mesosoma, pronotum separated; three legs with detached coxae nearby.

Remarks: Kurian describes the holotype as male, but the slide (S2) contains parts of a female. There is no trace of card labels.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 31. A–J. Epyris pusae (Kurian, 1955). Holotype. A. Head, frontal view; B. Antenna; C. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; D. Pronotum; E. Mesosoma, except pronotum, dorsal view F. Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; G. Forewing; H. Metasoma, dorsal view; I. Tip of metanotum showing ovipositor; J. Two slides of holotype.