Epyris manii 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 : 51

30. Epyris manii Kurian, 1955

Figs 30 , A–G; 51 , I–J.

Epyris manii Kurian, 1955 , 4: 89, 95–97, Figs: 96–106.

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

Diagnosis. Male. Length 2.0 mm. General colour dark reddish-brown. Head as long as wide; frons weakly coriaceus; ocelli distinct; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, longer than lateral ones; antenna with dense pubescence, scape 0.3 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, longer than parapsidal signum; mesoscutomesoscutellar suture sulcate, smooth. Metapectal-propodeal disc as long as wide; metapostnotal median carina present, incomplete posteriorly. Tarsal claw bifid. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma dark brown; hind wing with five hamuli. Metasoma polished. Genitalia: Harpe simple, longer than gonostipes in dorsal view, apex pointed, weakly arched inward; gonostipes wide, covering aedeagal base; cuspis elongate, apex anterior to apex of harpe; digitus with apex posterior to apex of cuspis, its posterior margin smooth; aedeagus subtrapezoidal, its apex anterior to apex of digitus. Female. Morphologically similar to male, except for genitalia.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Uttar Pradesh,] Agra, St John’s College , 10-IX-1949, Chandy Kurian coll. Allotype: ♀, same data of holotype, except 1-I-1950 .

Type conditions. Holotype completely dissected on slide Nº. 9/B. On slides : S1 C1—one proleg, one mesoleg without coxa and one metaleg; one antenna complete; two forewings one with basal portion missing. S1 C2—three legs and one antenna complete. S2 C1—head broken; mesosoma broken into 3–4 pieces, scattered; metasoma intact. Allotype completely dissected on slide Nº. 19/B. On slides : S3 C1—head with one antenna and pronotum; rest of mesosoma crushed; metasoma complete; 4–5 fragments of legs. S4 C1—one leg without coxa; S4 C2—two legs without coxae. S5 C1—one forewing and one hind wing. S5 C2—antenna broken into two parts; one leg broken into two parts, femur and second tibia and tarsomeres.

Remarks. Male genitalia and some sclerites of last segment of metasoma are mounted on slide S2.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 30. A–G. Epyris manii Kurian, 1955. Holotype. A. Head in frontal view; B. Parts of crushed mesosoma, in dorsal view; C. Antenna; D. Forewing; E. Legs, left pro- and right hindleg; F. Five slides, left two of holotype and rest paratype. G. Metasoma, dorsal view.

FIGURE 51. A–N. Male genitalia. A–B. Goniozus madrassippattanami Kurian, 1955, paratype. A. dorsal view; B. ventral view; C–D. Goniozus salvadorae Kurian, 1954b, paratype; C. dorsal view; D. ventral view; E–F. Goniozus thalasodi Kurian, 1955, holotype; E. dorsal view; F. ventral view; G–H. Epyris indicae (Kurian, 1955), holotype; G. dorsal view; H. ventral view; I–J. Epyris manii Kurian, 1955, holotype; I. dorsal view; J. ventral view; K–L. Holepyris patnae (Kurian, 1955), holotype; K. dorsal view; L. ventral view; M–N. Pristocera agraensis (Kurian, 1955), holotype; M. dorsal view; N. ventral view.