Pristocera govindrami Kurian, 1952

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 : 68

41. Pristocera govindrami Kurian, 1952

Fig. 41 , A–G

Pristocera govindrami Kurian, 1952 , 1: 70–72, Figs: 18–23.

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

Diagnosis. Male. Length about 8.5 mm. General colour dark reddish-brown to black. Head as long as wide; frons weakly coriaceus; ocelli distinct; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin rounded, longer than lateral ones; mandible tetradentate; antenna with dense pubescence, scape 4.0 × longer than pedicel, pedicel shorter than first flagellomere. Pronotum coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, as long as parapsidal signum; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar suture sulcate, smooth, deep. Metapectal-propodeal disc longer than wide; metapostnotal median carina present; first abdominal spiracle dorsally placed. Tarsal claw trifid. Wings nearly hyaline; forewing with pterostigma dark brown; hind wing with six hamuli. Metasoma polished. Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Orissa,] Suduganga , 23-VI-1920, a bethylid parasite on window, G. R. Dutt coll.

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected and mounted on slide Nº. 7/B and remaiing part rested on the pin. Pinned: Mesosoma, with left hind wing; left proleg and both metalegs. On slides : S1 C1—one proleg without coxa; coxa and part of femur. S1 C2—one forewing and one hind wing. S2 C1—two metalegs one without coxa and second with tibia and tarsi separated. S2 C2—one forewing and one hind wing.

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

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 41. A–G. Pristocera govindrami Kurian, 1952. Holotype. A. Mesosoma, dorsal view; B. Mesosoma, lateral view; C. Antenna; D. Parts of legs; E. Forewing; F. Two slides of holotype; G. Labels.