Epyris niwoh Terayama 2006

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 : 19-20

9. Epyris niwoh Terayama 2006

( Figs 86–95 )

Epyris niwoh Terayama 2006: 102 . Figs 202, 206, 207, 215, 3.

Material examined. Korea: 4 3, Mt. Suraksan, Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul, MT, 37°40'45"N, 127°05'28"E, 230 m, 7.IX–6.X.2007, J. Lim leg.; 12 3, ditto, 7–25.X.2007, J. Lim leg.; 1 3, Goyang-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, GG, MT, 37°42'33"N, 126°53'39"E, 190 m, 7.IX–6.X.2007, J. Lim leg.; 1 3, Yongjusa, Annyeong-ri, Taean-eub, Hwaseong-si, GG, MT, 26.IX–4.X.2005, Y. Kwon leg.; 1 3, Majeong-ri, Buk-myeon, Jeongeub-si, JB, MT, 2–9.VIII.2005, J. Park leg.; 1 3, ditto, 30.VIII–6.IX.2005, J. Park leg.; 2 3, Namsa-ri, Hyeongok-myeon, Kyeongju-si, GB, MT, 14–28.VII.2005, J. Mun leg.; 1 3, ditto, 18–25.VIII.2005, J. Mun leg.; 43, ditto, 25.VIII– 2.IX.2005, J. Mun leg.; 1 3, ditto, 2–8.IX.2005, J. Mun leg.; 13, ditto, 8–15.IX.2005, J. Mun leg.; 1 3, ditto, 15– 29.IX.2005, J. Mun leg.

Diagnosis. Body length ~ 4.1 mm ( Fig. 81 ); LFW ~ 2.7 mm ( Fig. 91 ). Mandible dark castaneous except apical half castaneous; palpi light castaneous; legs light castaneous except coxa, trochanter and femora black. Head as long as wide. Vertex slightly convex with rounded corners. Temple profile divergent anterad. Mandible with five teeth ( Fig. 88 ). First five antennal segments in ratio of 1.3: 1.0: 1.1: 1.4: 1.6 in length; flagellomere 1 1.4 × as long as wide; flagellomere 11 3.3 × as long as wide ( Fig. 89 ). Clypeus with angulate median lobe. Frons coriaceous with dense small punctures ( Fig. 87 ). Eye with short hairs; HE 1.2 × OOL; WF 2.3 × WOT. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle obtuse. Pronotal disc 0.5 × as long as wide; scutellar pit oval, each pit separated from each other by 2.1 × as its maximum diameter ( Fig. 90 ). Propodeal disc 0.7 × as long as wide with three discal carinae, median carina reaching posterior carina, submedian carinae reaching distal two thirds of disc length ( Fig. 92 ). Metacarpus 0.5 × as long as pterostigma; transverse-median vein slightly arched ( Fig. 91 ). Basiparamere as long as paramere, paramere sickle-shaped, apical part with thick, truncate arm ( Fig. 94 ).

Variation. Mandible castaneous to dark castaneous; palpi light castaneous to pale testaceous; coxa, trochanter and femora of some specimens dark castaneous; TL 3.89–4.43 mm; LP 0.52–0.53 × WP; propodeal disc 0.63–0.68 × as long as wide; scutellar pit separated from each other by 1.90–2.06 × as its maximum diameter.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Korea (Seoul, GG, JB, GB), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu).

Remarks. This species was known from Japan and is recorded for the first time from Korea.

Figures

FIGURES 86 – 95. Epyris niwoh (male). 86. Habitus; 87. Head; 88. Mandible and clypeus; 89. Antenna; 90. Pronotum and mesonotum; 91. Fore wing; 92. Propodeum; 93. Metasoma; 94. Genitalia, ventral view; 95. Hypopygium, ventral view. Scale bar: 0.10 mm for 94, 95; 0.20 mm for 87, 88, 90, 92, 93; 0.50 mm for 86, 89, 91.

FIGURES 76 – 85. Epyris mureungensis sp. nov. (male). 76. Habitus; 77. Head; 78. Mandible and clypeus; 79. Antenna; 80. Pronotum and mesonotum; 81. Fore wing; 82. Propodeum; 83. Metasoma; 84. Genitalia, ventral view; 85. Hypopygium. Scale bar: 0.10 mm for 84, 85; 0.20 mm for 77, 78, 80, 82; 0.50 mm for 79, 81, 83; 1.00 mm for 76.