Epyris mackenziei ( Kurian, 1955 ) Singh & Colombo & Shreevihar & Pandey & Tribull, 2021

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 : 3

Abstract................................................................................................... 4 Introduction................................................................................................ 4 Bethylid fauna from India: a review............................................................................. 5 Material and Methods........................................................................................ 6 Results................................................................................................... 8 I. Family Bethylidae Haliday, 1839 ............................................................................. 8 Subfamily Bethylinae Haliday, 1839 ............................................................................ 8 Genus Goniozus Förster, 1856 ................................................................................. 8 1. Goniozus ahmeadi Kurian, 1955 ............................................................................. 8 2. Goniozus chatterjii Kurian, 1955 ............................................................................ 11 3. Goniozus chowdhari Kurian, 1955 .......................................................................... 11 4. Goniozus hybleae Kurian, 1955 ............................................................................ 13 5. Goniozus lygropiae Kurian, 1955 ............................................................................ 13 6. Goniozus madrassippattanami Kurian, 1955 .................................................................. 16 7. Goniozus marasmi Kurian, 1955 ........................................................................... 19 8. Goniozus mori Kurian, 1955 ............................................................................... 19 9. Goniozus morindae Kurian, 1952 ........................................................................... 21 10. Goniozus nephoterycis Kurian, 1952 ....................................................................... 21 11. Goniozus nilamburensis Kurian, 1955 ...................................................................... 25 12. Goniozus pulveriae ( Kurian, 1954b) ........................................................................ 25 13. Goniozus salvadorae ( Kurian, 1954b) ...................................................................... 27 14. Goniozus sanctijohannis Kurian, 1955 ...................................................................... 28 15. Goniozus thalasodi Kurian, 1955 .......................................................................... 28 Genus Odontepyris Kieffer, 1904a ............................................................................. 30 16. Odontepyris argyriae Kurian, 1954b ........................................................................ 30 17. Odontepyris batrae Kurian, 1955 .......................................................................... 34 18. Odontepyris cirphi Kurian, 1955 ........................................................................... 34 19. Odontepyris hypsipylae ( Kurian, 1955) ...................................................................... 37 20. Odontepyris indicus ( Kurian, 1954b) ....................................................................... 37 Subfamily Epyrinae Kieffer, 1914 ............................................................................. 40 Genus Chlorepyris Kieffer, 1913 .............................................................................. 40 21. Chlorepyris biharina Kurian, 1955 ......................................................................... 40 22. Chlorepyris pusana Kurian, 1955 .......................................................................... 40 Genus Epyris Westwood, 1832 ................................................................................ 41 23. Epyris agrensis Kurian, 1955 ............................................................................. 42 24. Epyris bombayensis ( Kurian, 1955) ........................................................................ 42 25. Epyris delhiensis Kurian, 1955 ............................................................................ 44 26. Epyris duni ( Kurian, 1955) ................................................................................ 44 27. Epyris duttai Kurian, 1955 ............................................................................... 47 28. Epyris indicae ( Kurian, 1955) ............................................................................. 47 29. Epyris mackenziei ( Kurian, 1955) comb. nov................................................................. 51 30. Epyris manii Kurian, 1955 ................................................................................ 51 31. Epyris pusae ( Kurian, 1955) ............................................................................... 52 32. Epyris shishami ( Kurian, 1955) ............................................................................ 53 Genus Formosiepyris Terayama, 2004a ......................................................................... 53 33. Formosiepyris agraensis ( Kurian, 1955) comb. nov............................................................ 53 Genus Holepyris Kieffer, 1904b ............................................................................... 57 34. Holepyris patnae ( Kurian, 1955) comb. nov................................................................... 57 35. Holepyris raonis ( Kurian, 1955) comb. nov................................................................... 60 Genus Laelius Ashmead, 1893 ................................................................................ 60 36. Laelius agraensis Kurian, 1955 ........................................................................... 60 Genus Trachepyris Kieffer, 1905 .............................................................................. 63 37. Trachepyris sanctipauli ( Kurian, 1954b) comb. nov............................................................ 63 Subfamily Mesitiinae Kieffer, 1914 ............................................................................ 63 Genus Sulcomesitius Móczár, 1970 ............................................................................ 63 38. Sulcomesitius bahaduri ( Kurian, 1955) ...................................................................... 64 39. Sulcomesitius duni ( Kurian, 1955) ......................................................................... 65 Subfamily Pristocerinae Mocsáry, 1881 ......................................................................... 65 Genus Pristocera Klug, 1808 ................................................................................. 65 40. Pristocera agraensis ( Kurian, 1952) comb. nov............................................................... 68 41. Pristocera govindrami Kurian, 1952 ........................................................................ 68 Subfamily Scleroderminae Kieffer, 1914 ........................................................................ 70 Genus Cephalonomia Westwood, 1833 ......................................................................... 70 42. Cephalonomia tritici Kurian, 1955 ......................................................................... 72 Genus Sclerodermus Latreille, 1810 ........................................................................... 72 43. Sclerodermus delhiensis Kurian, 1955 ...................................................................... 72 44. Sclerodermus hardwickiae Kurian, 1955 ..................................................................... 73 45. Sclerodermus mori Kurian, 1955 ........................................................................... 73 II. Family Chrysididae Latreille, 1802 ...................................................................... 75 Subfamily Cleptinae Latreille, 1802 ............................................................................ 75 Genus Lustrina Kurian, 1955 ................................................................................. 75 46. Lustrina assamensis Kurian, 1955 .......................................................................... 75 III. Family Dryinidae Haliday, 1833 ........................................................................ 75 Subfamily Dryininae Haliday, 1833 ............................................................................ 75 Genus Dryinus Latreille, 1804 ................................................................................ 79 47. Dryinus guptae ( Kurian, 1955) ............................................................................ 79 Subfamily Gonatopodinae Haliday, 1833 ........................................................................ 79 Genus Neodryinus Perkins, 1905 .............................................................................. 79 48. Neodryinus karnalensis Kurian, 1955 ....................................................................... 79 49. Neodryinus pusaensis Kurian, 1955 ........................................................................ 80 IV. Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 ....................................................................... 80 Subfamily Dolichoderinae Forel, 1878 .......................................................................... 80 Genus Tapinoma Förster, 1850 ................................................................................ 80 50. Tapinoma melanocephalum ( Fabricius, 1793) ................................................................ 80 Discussion................................................................................................ 84 Tribute to Chandy Kurian.................................................................................... 85 Acknowledgements......................................................................................... 86 References................................................................................................ 87