Epitraninae Burks, 1936

The subfamily Epitraninae was first reported from Egypt by Karrom (1974) as part of his unpublished thesis. He reported two species of Epitranus, which according to him were deposited in the Ministry of Agriculture collection (PPDD). The two species were E. erythrogaster Cameron “under the name Chalcis pensilis ”, and another described as a new species with a manuscript name. However, he did not designate a holotype for his new species. In addition, his specimens are no longer in PPDD and therefore could not be examined. Only a single specimen of this subfamily (1♂, Cairo, 19.ix.1945) was seen during the present study (AUCE), under the name Anacryptus sp.; it will be discussed in a future work within the genus Epitranus .