Laelius agraensis 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 : 60-63

36. Laelius agraensis Kurian, 1955

Fig. 36 , A–G

Laelius agraensis Kurian, 1955 , 4: 81, 82, Figs: 59–64.

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

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 3.0 mm. General colour black. Head wider than long; frons coriaceus; ocelli distinct; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous; antenna with sparse pubescence, scape 2.5 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli absent; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar suture sulcate, smooth, deep. Metapectal-propodeal disc longer than wide; metapostnotal median carina present. Tarsal claw simple. Wings nearly hyaline; forewing with pterostigma dark brown, 2r-rs&Rs 2 v short; hind wing with three hamuli. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Uttar Pradesh,] Agra, St John’s College , 13-IX-1949, Chandy Kurian coll.

Type conditions. Holotype completely dissected on slide Nº. 10/B. On slides : S1 C1—two forewings and one hind wing. S1 C2—prosternum and two prolegs. S2 C1—one metaleg with coxae; one antenna complete. S2 C2—two mesolegs with coxae, one metaleg without coxae. S3 C1—head with antenna (with scape, pedicel and four flagellomeres); mesosoma with right coxa; metasoma.

Hosts. Unknown.

Genus Trachepyris Kieffer, 1905

Trachepyris Kieffer, 1905 , 29: 107.

Type species: Trachepyris spinosipes Kieffer, 1905 by original monotypy.

Here, we transfer the species Chlorepyris sanctipauli to Trachepyris . So, Trachepyris now has one species described by Kurian.

Figures

FIGURE 36. A–G. Laelius agraensis Kurian, 1952. Holotype.A. Head, frontal view; B. Mesosoma, dorsal view; C. Forewing; D. Antenna; E. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; F. Metasoma, dorsal view; G. Three slides of holotype.