12. Epyris asura Terayama 2006

(Figs 124–132)

Epyris asura Terayama 2006: 77 . Figs 145, 172, 173, Ƥ.

Material examined. Korea: 1 Ƥ, Cheollipo beach, Suwon-si, Taean-gun, CN, 17.IV.2009, S. Park leg.; 1 Ƥ, Dadohae Korea National Park, Sinjeon-ri, Chodo-myeon, Jindo-gun, JN, 34°17'05''N, 126°17'05''E, Light trap, 20.V.2009, J. Jung leg.

Diagnosis. Body length ~ 5.4 mm (Fig. 124); LFW ~ 2.9 mm (Fig. 132); mandible and antenna dark castaneous except scape black; legs black except tibia dark castaneous and tarsi castaneous. Head as long as wide. Vertex convex with rounded corners. Temple profile divergent anterad. Mandible with two teeth (Fig. 126). First five antennal segments in ratio of 4.0: 1.0: 1.1: 1.3: 1.3 in length, flagellomere 1 1.1 × as long as wide, flagellomere 11 2.1 × as long as wide (Fig. 127). Clypeus with subrounded median lobe. Frons polished with sparse punctures (Fig. 125). Eye with short hairs. HE 0.9 × OOL; WF 2.7 × WOT. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle obtuse. Pronotal disc 0.7 × as long as wide. Scutellar pit oval, each pit separated from each other by 2.3 × as its maximum diameter (Fig. 128). Propodeal disc 0.7 × as long as wide with three discal carinae, median carina reaching posterior carina, submedian discal carinae reaching two thirds of disc (Fig. 131). Fore wing without metacarpus; transverse-median vein strongly convex posteriorly (Fig. 132).

Variation. One specimen with castaneous mandible; scape dark castaneous to black; tarsi castaneous to dark castaneous; TL 5.2–5.4 mm; LP 0.73–0.75 × WP; propodeal disc 0.7–0.72 × as long as wide.

MALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Korea (CN, JN), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu).

Remarks. Two females examined in this study were collected in the beach, one of them from under a small rock with a larva of Tenebrionidae and another one was collected by light trap.