Lustrina assamensis 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 : 75

46. Lustrina assamensis Kurian, 1955

Fig. 46 , A–I

Lustrina assamensis Kurian, 1955 , 4: 87, Figs: 76–80.

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

Diagnosis. Female. Length 8.8 mm. Head, black, wider than long; frons coriaceus; ocelli distinct, anterior to supraocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin straight; antenna with 13 segments, scape about 2.5 × longer than pedicel, pedicel shorter than first flagellomere. Mesosoma metallic red, with faint golden lustre. Pronotum coriaceous; mesonotum as long as pronotal dorsal area; notauli present, as long as parapsidal signum. Metapectal-propodeal disc metallic green, basally metallic light blue, wider than long; metapostnotal median carina indistinct. Wing pale brown with basal and subapical bands; forewing with pterostigma dark brown. Metasoma dark metallic purple, but basal 4/5 of first tergum metallic green, widely coriaceous. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Assam,] Murphulani , 1-XII-1920, H. Inglis coll.

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 48/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: body complete, head with left antenna, mesosoma with left meso- and metalegs and right wings, which were weakly attached. On slides : not present in NFIC-FRI.

Remarks. Rosa et al. (2020) reviewed the holotype and reported the same species from Vietnam.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 46. A–I. Lustrina assamensis Kurian, 1955. Holotype. A. Mesosoma and metasoma, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, lateral view; D. Mesosoma, dorsal view; E. Mesosoma, lateral view; F. Pro and hind wings; G. Metasoma, dorsal view; H. Habitus, lateral view; I. Labels.