Neodryinus karnalensis 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 : 79-80

48. Neodryinus karnalensis Kurian, 1955

Fig. 48 , A–I

Neodryinus karnalensis Kurian, 1955 , 4: 74, 75, Figs 36–38 .

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

Diagnosis. Male. Length 2.1 mm–2.8 mm. General colour dark reddish-brown to black. Head as long as wide; frons weakly coriaceus; ocelli distinct; eye setose; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin concave; mandible pentadentate; antenna with 10 segments, scape as long as pedicel. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum longer than pronotal dorsal area; notauli present, longer than parapsidal signum. Metapectal-propodeal disc as long as wide; metapostnotal median carina absent. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma brown. Metasoma polished. Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA], Haryana, Karnal, from pupa of a Dryinid on sugarcane leaf, 12-X- 1937, C.S.266, K. Lakshman coll. Paratype: 1♂, same data of holotype, except reared from sugarcane, X-XI-1935, N. Ayyar coll., Pusa Collection .

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 72/B and remaining rested on the pin. Head is missing. Pinned: mesosoma with intact left forewing, left metaleg, right coxae and metasoma. On slides : not found in NFIC- FRI. Paratype partly dissected on slide Nº. 2/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: not in NFIC-FRI. On slides : S1 C1—one forewing and one hind wing; S1 C2—one antenna without scape, apical flagellomeres separated.S2 C1 one leg without coxa.

Remarks. The holotype is in too poor a condition to identify and compare it to other dryinids, and the genus identification is likely wrong.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 36. A–G. Laelius agraensis Kurian, 1952. Holotype.A. Head, frontal view; B. Mesosoma, dorsal view; C. Forewing; D. Antenna; E. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; F. Metasoma, dorsal view; G. Three slides of holotype.

FIGURE 37. A–L. Trachepyris sanctipauli (Kurian, 1955) comb. nov. Holotype. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, lateral view; C. Head, frontal view; D. Head, lateral view; E. Antenna; F. Pronotum, dorsal view; G. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; H. Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; I. Metapectal-propodeal disc, lateral view; J. Forewing; K. Two slides of holotype; L. Labels.

FIGURE 38. A–H. Sulcomesitius bahaduri Kurian, 1955. Holotype. A. Mesosoma, dorso-lateral view; B. Antenna; C. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; D. Mesosoma, dorsal view; E. Mesosoma, lateral view; F. Forewing; G. Two slides of holotype; H. Labels.

FIGURE 48. A–I. Neodryinus karnalensis Kurian, 1955. Holotype. A. Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral view; B. Metasoma, dorsal view; C. Mesosoma, dorsal view; D. Mesosoma, lateral view; E –G. Paratype. E. Antenna; F. Proleg; G. Forewing. H. Two slides of paratype; I. Labels of holotype.