Epyris duni ( 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 : 44-47

26. Epyris duni ( Kurian, 1955)

Fig. 26 , A–K

Neodisepyris duni Kurian, 1955 , 4: 105–109, Figs: 147–152.

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

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 5.4 mm. General colour black with apex of metasoma reddish-brown. Head as long as wide; frons weakly coriaceus; ocelli distinct, posterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin rounded, longer than lateral ones; mandible tridentate; antenna with sparse pubescence, scape 2.3 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, as long as parapsidal signum; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar suture not sulcate, foveae circular, mid-sized. Metapectal-propodeal disc wider than long; metapostnotal median carina present; first abdominal spiracle dorsally placed. Tarsal claw bifid. Wings nearly hyaline; forewing with pterostigma dark brown; hind wing with four hamuli. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Uttarakhand,] Dehra Dun { Dehradun }, 24-I-1913, forest zoologist. coll., under stone.

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 121/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: Complete body with left wings and some parts of legs. On slides : S1 C1 -two legs with their coxae near so. S1 C2—one antenna, one forewing and two legs without coxae.

Remarks. Kurian (1955) described the holotype, both on the slides and description, as male, but dissection of the metasoma confirmed it as female. The dissected ovipositor and last tergites of the holotype are mounted on a small recangular cover slip on S1.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 26. A–K. Epyris duni (Kurian, 1955). Holotype. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Antenna; D. Lower mouth margin showing mandibular dentition; E. Mesosoma, dorsal view; F. Mesosoma, Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; G. Forewing; H. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; I. Metasoma, lateral view; J. Slide of holotype; K. Labels.