Epyris duttai 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 : 47

27. Epyris duttai Kurian, 1955

Fig. 27 , A–M

Epyris duttai Kurian, 1955 , 4: 90, 93–95, Figs: 91–95.

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

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 5.5 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, anterior margin angled, longer than lateral ones; antenna with sparse pubescence, scape 2.5 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, as long as parapsidal signum; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar suture not sulcate, foveae oval, mid-sized. Metapectalpropodeal disc as long as wide; metapostnotal median carina present; first abdominal spiracle dorsally placed. Tarsal claw bifid. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma dark brown; hind wing with three hamuli. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Bihar], Pusa , 13-III-1908, G. R. Dutt coll.

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 64/B, and the remaining body rested on the pin. Pinned: Mesosoma with left pair of wings, mesoleg (wings and leg was loosely attached and have been removed and pasted on the pith on which the rest of body is pinned) and metasoma attached. On slides : S1 C1—one proleg; one mesoleg, both with detached coxae. S1 C2—head with antenna without apical segment and one proleg. S2 C1—one forewing and one hind wing. S2 C2—antenna complete; one proleg; one metaleg without coxa.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 27. A–M. Epyris duttai Kurian, 1955. Holotype. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, lateral view; C. Head, frontal view; D. Antenna; E. Lower mouth margin showing mandibular dentition; F. Mesosoma, dorsal view; G. Mesosoma, lateral view; H. Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; I. Forewing; J. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; K. Metasoma, lateral view; L. Two slides of holotype; M. Labels.