Epitranus Walker, 1834

Narendran, T. C. & van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2016, Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species, ZooKeys 576, pp. 1-202 : 76-77

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scientific name	Epitranus Walker, 1834
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Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae

Epitranus Walker, 1834 View in CoL View at ENA Figs 86, 87-88, 89-90, 91-93, 94, 95-96, 97-99, 100-102, 103, 104, 105-106, 107-109, 110-112, 113-114, 115-116, 117-119, 120-121, 122-124, 125, 126-128, 129-131

Epitranus Walker, 1834: 21, 26. Type species: Epitranus fulvescens Walker, by monotypy.

Chalcitella Westwood, 1835: 70. Type species: Chalcitella evanioides Westwood, by monotypy. Synonymized with Epitranus by Burks (1936).

Anacryptus Kirby, 1883: 56. Type species: Epitranus impulsator Walker, by monotypy. Synonymized with Epitranus by Burks (1936).

Arretocera Kirby, 1883: 56. Type species: Epitranus albipennis Walker, by monotypy. Synonymized with Epitranus by Burks (1936).

Neoanacryptus Girault, 1913b: 86. Type species: Neoanacryptus petiolatus Girault, by original designation. Synonymized with Epitranus by Masi (1940).

Chalcitelloides Girault, 1914: 30. Type species: Chalcitelloides nigriscutum Girault, by original designation and monotypy. Synonymized with Epitranus by Burks (1936).

Paranacryptus Girault, 1915a: 349. Type species: Paranacryptus sanguineus Girault, by original designation. Synonymized with Epitranus by Masi (1940).

Pararetoceroides Mani, 1938: 149. Type species: Arretoceroides ceylonensis Mani, by monotypy. Synonymized with Epitranus by Habu (1960).

Lamoundella Shafee & Dutt, 1986: 83. Type species: Lamoundella aligarhensis Shafee & Dutt, by original designation and monotypy. Synonymized with Epitranus by Narendran and Padmasenan (1986).

Diagnosis.

Belongs to the group of genera with a petiolate first metasomal segment and is easy recognizable because of the absence of cephalic horns and the very low antennal toruli.

Description.

Antennal toruli located very low on a clypeal shield protruding over oral region; scrobe virtually absent; MV very long, STV rudimentary; PMV absent. Hind femur with a comb of teeth or an irregular row of teeth on outer ventral margin; metasoma with slender, striate petiole; metasoma bulging ventrally.

Hosts.

Lepidoptera ( Pyralidae and Tineidae ).

Distribution.

Old World tropics and doubtfully New World ( Bouček 1982).

Key to Vietnamese species of Epitranus Walker