Epyris longicephalus Terayama 2005

Lim, Jongok, Lee, Jongwook, Koh, Sanghyun, Lee, Bongwoo, Azevedo, Celso O. & Lee, Seunghwan, 2011, Taxonomy of Epyris Westwood (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Korea, with the descriptions of ten new species, Zootaxa 2866, pp. 1-38 : 31-32

17. Epyris longicephalus Terayama 2005

( Figs 165–171 )

Epyris longicephalus Terayama 2005: 54 –55, Figs 14–16 , Ƥ.

Material examined. Holotype, Ƥ, Peitoh (labeled as Hokuto), Taiwan, 20.v.1929, K. Sato leg. Paratype, Ƥ, Suwon-si (labeled as Suigen), GG, Korea, VI.1930, K. Sato leg.

Diagnosis. Body length ~ 5.7 mm ( Fig. 165 ); LFW ~ 3.6 mm ( Fig. 170 ). Vertex convex with corners broadly rounded. Temple profile divergent anterad. Mandible castaneous except apex dark castaneous; antenna castaneous; legs dark castaneous. Head 1.2 × as long as wide. Mandible with five apical teeth ( Fig. 167 ). First five antennal segments in ratio of 4.1: 1.0: 1.5: 1.3: 1.2 in length; flagellomere 1 1.2 × as long as wide; flagellomere 11 1.9 × as long as wide ( Fig. 168 ). Frons coriaceous with dense punctures ( Fig. 166 ). Eye with short hairs, HE 1.3 × OOL; WF 2.5 × WOT. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle obtuse. Pronotal disc 0.7 × as long as wide. Scutellar pit sub-rectangular, each pit separated from each other by narrow septum ( Fig. 169 ). Propodeal disc 0.6 × as long as wide with five discal carinae and sublateral carinae ( Fig. 171 ). Fore wing without metacarpus ( Fig. 170 ).

Variation. Base of mandible and legs castaenous to dark castaneous; TL 5.7–5.9 mm; LH 1.22–1.24 × WH; LP 0.73–0.76 × WP; propodeal disc 0.61–0.63 × as long as wide.

MALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Korea (GG), Taiwan (Peitoh).

Figures

FIGURES 165 – 171. Epyris longicephalus (female). 165. Habitus; 166. Head; 167. Mandible and clypeus; 168. Antenna; 169. Pronotum and mesonotum; 170. Fore wing; 171. Propodeum. Scale bar: 0.20 mm for 167, 171; 0.30 mm for 166, 168, 169, 170; 1.00 mm for 165.

FIGURES 11 – 20. Epyris darani (male). 11. Habitus; 12. Head; 13. Mandible and clypeus; 14. Antenna; 15. Pronotum and mesonotum; 16. Fore wing; 17. Propodeum; 18. Metasoma; 19. Genitalia, ventral view; 20. Hypopygium, ventral view. Scale bar: 0.10 mm for 13, 19, 20; 0.20 mm for 12, 15 – 18, 0.30 mm for 14; 0.50 mm for 11.