Epyris delhiensis 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

25. Epyris delhiensis Kurian, 1955

Fig. 25 , A–J

Epyris delhiensis Kurian, 1955 , 4: 89, 92, 93, Figs: 86–90.

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

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 7.3 mm. General colour black. 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 as long as first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, longer than parapsidal signum; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar suture not sulcate, foveae oval, very small. Metapectal-propodeal disc as long as wide; 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 lost. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA,] Delhi { National Capital Territory of Delhi}, 5-IV-1938, Chowdhary coll., Imperial Entomologist.

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 63/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: Head and mesosoma intact. Head with right antenna and mesosoma with left pair of wings and legs and left coxa attached. On slides : S1 C1—one forewing and one hind wing. S1 C2—one proleg, one metaleg without coxa; one antenna complete.

Remarks. The metasoma of the holotype missing.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 25. A–J. Epyris delhiensis Kurian, 1955. Holotype.A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Habitus, lateral view; C. Head, frontal view; D. Antenna; E. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; F. Forewing, card mounted; G. Mesosoma, Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; H. Forewing, slide mounted; I. Labels; J. Three slides of holotype.