Epitranus ramnathi (Mani & Dubey, 1973)

Narendran, T. C. & van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2016, Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species, ZooKeys 576, pp. 1-202 : 91-92

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae

Epitranus ramnathi (Mani & Dubey, 1973) Figs 126-128, 129-131

Arretocera ramnathi Mani & Dubey, 1973: 21-23 (♀, holotype, India (BMNH)).

Epitranus ramnathi ; Bouček 1982: 598-600.

Chalcitella annexia Mani & Dubey, 1973: 7-8. (♀, holotype, India (USNM) (synonymized with Arretocera ramnathi Mani & Dubey by Bouček (1982)).

Arretocera ophiomontana Mani & Dubey, 1973: 18-19. (♀, holotype, Nepal (USNM) (synonymized with Arretocera ramnathi Mani & Dubey by Bouček (1982)).

Arretocera sancti-johani Mani & Dubey, 1973: 23-25. (♀, holotype, Nepal (USNM) (synonymized with Arretocera ramnathi Mani & Dubey by Bouček (1982)).

Epitranus giganticus Hussain & Agarwal, 1982c: 427 (♀, holotype, India (ZDAMU) (synonymized with Arretocera ramnathi Mani & Dubey by Narendran (1989)).

Epitranus melongenus Hussain & Agarwal, 1982c: 427 (♀, holotype, India (ZDAMU) (synonymized with Arretocera ramnathi Mani & Dubey by Narendran (1989)).

Epitranus simplexus Hussain & Agarwal, 1982c: 427-429 (♀, holotype, India (ZDAMU) (synonymized with Arretocera ramnathi Mani & Dubey by Narendran (1989)).

Epitranus areolatus Hussain & Agarwal, 1982c: 429 (♀, holotype, India (ZDAMU) (synonymized with Arretocera ramnathi Mani & Dubey by Narendran (1989)).

Epitranus rossicorpus Hussain & Agarwal, 1982c: 429-431 (♀, holotype, India (ZDAMU) (synonymized with Arretocera ramnathi Mani & Dubey by Narendran (1989)).

Material.

1 ♀ (RMNH), "Vietnam: Viet Try, n[ea]r Tanh Son, Thuong Cuu, 20°59'N, 105°8'E, 350-400 m, 11-16.x.1999, Malaise traps, R. de Vries, RMNH’99”; 1 ♀, "N. Vietnam: Ninh Binh, Cuc Phuong N. P., n[ea]r entrance, c. 225 m, 15.iv.-1.v.2000, Malaise trap 2, Mai Phu Quy, RMNH’00”; 1 ♀ (RMNH), "S. Vietnam: Dak Lak, Chu Yang Sin N. P., Krong K’Mar, 740-900 m, 2-10.vi.2007, Malaise traps, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH’07”.

Distribution.

India, Nepal, Vietnam (new record).

Variation.

The head of Vietnamese specimens is mainly black (Figs 126, 129), but Indian specimens may have the head more or less reddish brown (Hussain and Agarwal 1982c).