Dryinus guptae ( 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 : 79

47. Dryinus guptae ( Kurian, 1955)

Fig. 47 , A–K

Lestodryinus guptae Kurian, 1955 , 4: 67–68, Figs: 3, 39, 40, 42–44.

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

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 4.9 mm. General colour reddish-yellowish-brown. Head wider than long; frons coriaceus; ocelli distinct, anterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin convex; mandible tetradentate; antenna with 10 segments, scape as long as pedicel. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum as long as pronotal dorsal area; notauli indistinct. Metapectal-propodeal disc longer than wide; metapostnotal median carina absent. Wings nearly hyaline; forewing with pterostigma light brown. Metasoma polished.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA], Bihar, Pusa , on sugarcane, 2-XII-1930, B. D. Gupta coll. Paratype: 1♀, same data of the holotype, except 11.XI-1930. Male. Unknown .

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slides , and remaining rested on the pin. Head and metasoma are missing Pinned: mesosoma with left wings and left metaleg. On slides : S1 C1—one forewing and one hind wing. S1 C2 three fragments of antenna; two legs without coxae. Paratype completely dissected on slides . On slides : S1 C1—head, mesosoma and metasoma.S1 C2 three pairs of legs; two forewings.

Remarks. Kurian (1955) was probably unaware of the synonymy of Lestodryinus Kieffer 1911 with Dryinus Latreille, 1804 by Richards (1937) and for this reason, published the species in Lestodryinus . The holotype is in too poor a condition to identify and compare it to other dryinids.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 47. A–K. Dryinus guptae (Kurian, 1955). A–E. Holotype. A. Mesosoma, dorsal view; B. Mesosoma, lateral view; C. Forewing; D. Protibia and tarsal segments; E. Parts of antenna; F–H. Paratype. F. Head and mesosoma, lateral view; G. Mesosoma, dorsal view; H. Head, frontal view. I. Two slides, upper of holotype and lower paratype; J. Labels of holotype; K. Labels of paratype.