Rediscovery of Kurian’s types of Hymenoptera at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India with notes on Indian bethylid fauna Author Singh, Sudhir 0000-0001-5504-7509 ssandot2@gmail.com Author Colombo, Wesley D. 0000-0001-8729-4635 wesleycolombo@gmail.com Author Shreevihar, Santhosh 0000-0002-4999-1971 sant@mccclt.ac.in Author Pandey, Vijay P. 0000-0002-8307-1810 vijayppandey@gmail.com Author Tribull, Carly M. 0000-0002-1044-0486 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-08-10 5019 1 1 90 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5019.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5019.1.1 1175-5326 5222728 241751BA-E759-49B8-A394-271B2A4650AD 38. Sulcomesitius bahaduri ( Kurian, 1955 ) Fig. 38 , A–H Mesitius bahaduri Kurian, 1955 , 4: 83–85, Figs: 67–69. Type locality: Pusa , Bihar , Bahadurpur , India ( ♀ holotype , NFIC-FRI ). Diagnosis. Female. Length about 5.2 mm. General colour black with apex of metasoma reddish-brown. Head as long as wide; frons coriaceus; ocelli distinct; eye weakly setose; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin rounded, longer than lateral ones; antenna with dense pubescence, scape 2.3 × longer than pedicel, pedicel shorter than first flagellomere. Pronotum coriaceous, median pronotal line sulcate, posterior pronotal line foveolate; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, deep, longer than parapsidal signum; mesoscutomesoscutellar suture sulcate, deep, posterior margin incurved medially. Metapectal-propodeal disc wider than long; metapostnotal median carina absent; first abdominal spiracle dorsally placed; posterior propodeal projection spineshaped. Tarsal claw bifid. Wing with two hyaline spots; forewing with pterostigma slight brown; hind wing with three hamuli. Metasoma polished; second abdominal segment distinctly longer than distal ones. Male. Unknown . FIGURE 38. A–H. Sulcomesitius bahaduri Kurian, 1955 . Holotype. A. Mesosoma, dorso-lateral view; B. Antenna; C. Legs, left pro- and right metaleg; D. Mesosoma, dorsal view; E. Mesosoma, lateral view; F. Forewing; G. Two slides of holotype; H. Labels. Material examined. Holotype : [ INDIA ], Bihar , Pusa , Bahadur { Bahadurpur }, 28-VII-1915 . Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 96/B and remaining rested on the pin. Head and metasoma missing from the pin. Pinned : Mesosoma, with left wings and mesoleg and all coxae. On slides : S1 C1—one metaleg without coxae; three coxae. S2 C1—one forewing and one hind wing. S2 C2—one proleg; one metaleg without coxa; one antenna. Hosts. Unknown.