Chlorepyris biharina 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 : 40

21. Chlorepyris biharina Kurian, 1955

Fig. 21 , A–I

Chlorepyris biharina Kurian, 1955 , 4: 101–103, Figs: 124–129.

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

Diagnosis. Male. Length 3.8 mm. General colour black. Head as long as wide; frons weakly coriaceus; ocelli distinct, posterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, longer than lateral ones; mandible pentadentate; antenna with dense pubescence, scape 1.9 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, longer than parapsidal signum; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar suture sulcate, smooth, posterior margin incurved medially. Metapectal-propodeal disc wider than long; 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 and genitalia lost. Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA,] Bihar, Banhar , 4-IV-1919, H. lnglis coll.

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 29/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: Head and mesosoma (with right coxa attached). On slides : S1 C1—one forewing, one hind wing and one metaleg without coxa. S1 C2—one proleg, one metaleg both with detached coxae; one antenna with scape, pedicel and eight flagellomeres. S2 C1—one for leg without coxa; antenna with scape, pedicel and six flagellomeres. S2 C2—one forewing and one hind wing.

Remarks. The metasoma and genitalia of the holotype are missing.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 21. A–I. Chlorepyris biharina Kurian, 1955. Holotype. A. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view; B. Head and mesosoma, lateral view; C. Head, frontal view; D. Mesosoma, dorsal view; E. Legs, left pro- and right hindleg; F. Antenna; G. Forewing; H. Labels of holotype; I. Two slides of holotype.