Odontepyris batrae 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 : 34

17. Odontepyris batrae Kurian, 1955

Fig. 17 , A–L

Odontepyris batrae Kurian, 1955 , 4: 130–132, Figs: 237–242.

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

Diagnosis. Female. Length 5.20 mm–6.50 mm. General colour black. Head wider than long; frons strongly coriaceous; ocelli distinct, anterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin rounded, longer than lateral ones; median clypeal carina high in lateral view; mandible tetradentate; antenna with sparse pubescence, scape 2.2× longer than pedicel, pedicel shorter than first flagellomere. Pronotum coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli absent. Metapectal-propodeal disc wider than long; metapostnotal median carina present; first abdominal spiracle dorsolaterally placed. Tarsal claw bifid. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma light brown, 2R1 2 c cell opened, Rs+M 2 v vein absent, 1M 2 c closed, small and subtriangular. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Bihar], Pusa , 18-IV-1934, H.N. Batra [coll.,] bethylid parasite . Paratypes: 3♀, same data of the holotype .

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 85/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: Body complete, head (with left antenna having scape, pedicel and first flagellomere), mesosoma (with left wings, pro- and mesolegs and right coxa) and metasoma. On slides : S1 C1—one mesoleg with detached coxae nearby. S2 C1—one forewing and one hind wing. S2 C2—one proleg without coxa and one metaleg; one antenna without apical flagellomeres. Paratypes partly dissected on slides and remaining rested on the pins. Pinned: Body complete, with right wings, partial antennae, and legs pinned separately. On slides : S3 C1—two legs. S4 C1—one leg; one antenna; S4 C2—one forewing and one hind wing. S5 C1—two legs. S6 C1—one coxa. S7 C1—three legs (one without coxa); one antenna. S7 C2—one forewing and one hind wing.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 17. A–L. Odontepyris batrae Kurian, 1955. Holotype. A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Mesosoma, dorsal view; C. Head, frontal view; D. Antenna; E. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; F. Posterior part of mesonotum and Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; G. Mesosoma, lateral view; H. Forewing; I. Metasoma, dorsal view; J. two slides of holotype. K. Five slides of Paratypes. L. Labels of holotype.