Epyris asura 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 : 24

12. Epyris asura Terayama 2006

( Figs 124–132 )

Epyris asura Terayama 2006: 77 . Figs 145 , 172, 173 , Ƥ.

Material examined. Korea: 1 Ƥ, Cheollipo beach, Suwon-si, Taean-gun, CN, 17.IV.2009, S. Park leg.; 1 Ƥ, Dadohae Korea National Park, Sinjeon-ri, Chodo-myeon, Jindo-gun, JN, 34°17'05''N, 126°17'05''E, Light trap, 20.V.2009, J. Jung leg.

Diagnosis. Body length ~ 5.4 mm ( Fig. 124 ); LFW ~ 2.9 mm ( Fig. 132 ); mandible and antenna dark castaneous except scape black; legs black except tibia dark castaneous and tarsi castaneous. Head as long as wide. Vertex convex with rounded corners. Temple profile divergent anterad. Mandible with two teeth ( Fig. 126 ). First five antennal segments in ratio of 4.0: 1.0: 1.1: 1.3: 1.3 in length, flagellomere 1 1.1 × as long as wide, flagellomere 11 2.1 × as long as wide ( Fig. 127 ). Clypeus with subrounded median lobe. Frons polished with sparse punctures ( Fig. 125 ). Eye with short hairs. HE 0.9 × OOL; WF 2.7 × WOT. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle obtuse. Pronotal disc 0.7 × as long as wide. Scutellar pit oval, each pit separated from each other by 2.3 × as its maximum diameter ( Fig. 128 ). Propodeal disc 0.7 × as long as wide with three discal carinae, median carina reaching posterior carina, submedian discal carinae reaching two thirds of disc ( Fig. 131 ). Fore wing without metacarpus; transverse-median vein strongly convex posteriorly ( Fig. 132 ).

Variation. One specimen with castaneous mandible; scape dark castaneous to black; tarsi castaneous to dark castaneous; TL 5.2–5.4 mm; LP 0.73–0.75 × WP; propodeal disc 0.7–0.72 × as long as wide.

MALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Korea (CN, JN), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu).

Remarks. Two females examined in this study were collected in the beach, one of them from under a small rock with a larva of Tenebrionidae and another one was collected by light trap.

Figures

FIGURES 124 – 132. Epyris asura (female). 124. Habitus; 125. Head; 126. Mandible and clypeus; 127. Antenna; 128. Pronotum and mesonotum; 129. Metasoma; 130. Mid-tibia; 131. Propodeum; 132. Fore wing. Scale bar: 0.20 mm for 126, 127, 130; 0.30 mm for 125, 128, 131; 0.50 mm for 129, 132; 1.00 mm for 124.

FIGURES 140 – 147. Epyris breviclypeatus sp. nov. (female). 140. Habitus; 141. Antenna; 142. Pronotum and mesonotum; 143. Head; 144. Fore wing; 145. Propodeum; 146. Mandible and clypeus; 147. Metasoma. Scale bar: 0.20 mm for 146; 0.30 mm for 145; 0.50 mm for 141 – 144, 147; 1.00 mm for 140.

FIGURES 172 – 178. Epyris sudosanensis sp. nov. (female). 172. Habitus; 173. Head; 174; Mandible and clypeus; 175. Pronotum and mesonotum; 176. Propodeum; 177. Antenna; 178. Fore wing. Scale bar: 0.10 mm for 174; 0.20 mm for 173, 174 – 177; 0.50 mm for 172, 178.