Epyris bombayensis ( 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 : 42-44

24. Epyris bombayensis ( Kurian, 1955)

Fig. 24 , A–K

Neodisepyris bombayensis Kurian, 1955 , 4: 105–108, Figs: 141–146.

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

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 4.5 mm. General colour dark brown to black. Head as long as wide; frons weakly coriaceus; ocelli distinct, posterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin angled, longer than lateral ones; mandible tetradentate; antenna with dense pubescence, scape 2.5 × longer than pedicel, pedicel as long as 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, large. Metapectal-propodeal 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 five hamuli. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Maharashtra,] R. Palghar range, N. Thana {Thane}, Bombay {Mumbai}, 10-VIII-1939, RRD. 693.

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 137/B and remaining parts rested on the pin. Pinned: Body without wings, right antenna, and some legs. On slides : S1 C1—one antenna; one forewing; one hind wing; one proleg without coxa; one coxa attached to femur; one tibia with tarsomeres; three tarsomeres.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 24. A–K. Epyris bombayensis (Kurian, 1955). Holotype. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, lateral view; C. Head, frontal view; D. Mesosoma, dorsal view; E. Posterior part of mesonotum and Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; F. Antenna; G. Forewing; H. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; I. Metasoma, dorsal view; J. Slide of holotype; K. Labels.