Odontepyris argyriae Kurian, 1954b

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 : 30-32

16. Odontepyris argyriae Kurian, 1954b

Fig. 16 , A–J

Odontepyris argyriae Kurian, 1954b , 3: 437–439, Figs: 40–45.

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

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 5.75 mm. General colour black. Head wider than long; frons strongly coriaceous; ocelli distinct, crossing to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin angled, longer than lateral ones; median clypeal carina high in lateral view; mandible tetradentate; antenna with sparse pubescence, scape 2.0× longer than pedicel, pedicel as long as 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 trifid. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma light brown, 2R1 2 c cell opened, Rs+M 2 v vein absent, 1M 2s c closed, small and oval. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Karnataka], Dharwar, S. A. Raja Rao coll., parasitic on sugarcane borer Argyria sticticraspis .

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 138/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: Complete body, head with left antennae (without apical flagellomere) and right (with scape only); mesosoma with two pairs of wings, legs (left pro-, meso- and metalegs without tibiae and tarsi; right with pro- and metacoxa, mesoleg without tibia and tarsi) and metasoma, pinned at pronotum. On slides : S1 C1—one antenna; one leg, without coxa, and with two distal tarsi. S2 C1—nine apical flagellomeres; two forewings. S2 C2—one proleg without coxa; three antennal segments (pedicel and 1–2 flagellomeres).

Remarks. Both the slides (S1 and S2) are labeled as “ Holotype ”, but the body parts mounted on S1 does not match the pinned holotype, and is likely non-type material. However, in S2, all parts under cover one (S2 C1) and cover two (S2 C2) match the holotype, with the addition of two forewings from non-type material.

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Pyralidae : Chilo infuscatellus Snellen (senior synonym of A. sticticraspis ).

Figures

FIGURE 16.A–J. Odontepyris argyriae Kurian, 1954b. Holotype.A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Mesosoma, dorsal view; D. Mesosoma, lateral view; E. Antenna; F. Legs, left proleg and right metaleg; G. Forewing; H. Metasoma, dorsal view; I. Two slides of holotype; J. Labels.