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 30. Epyris manii Kurian, 1955 Figs 30 , A–G; 51 , I–J. Epyris manii Kurian, 1955 , 4: 89, 95–97, Figs: 96–106. Type locality: Agra , India ( ♂ holotype , NFIC-FRI , examined) . Diagnosis . Male. Length 2.0 mm. General colour dark reddish-brown. Head as long as wide; frons weakly coriaceus; ocelli distinct; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, longer than lateral ones; antenna with dense pubescence, scape 0.3 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, longer than parapsidal signum; mesoscutomesoscutellar suture sulcate, smooth. Metapectal-propodeal disc as long as wide; metapostnotal median carina present, incomplete posteriorly. Tarsal claw bifid. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma dark brown; hind wing with five hamuli. Metasoma polished. Genitalia: Harpe simple, longer than gonostipes in dorsal view, apex pointed, weakly arched inward; gonostipes wide, covering aedeagal base; cuspis elongate, apex anterior to apex of harpe; digitus with apex posterior to apex of cuspis, its posterior margin smooth; aedeagus subtrapezoidal, its apex anterior to apex of digitus. Female. Morphologically similar to male, except for genitalia. Material examined. Holotype : [ INDIA , Uttar Pradesh ,] Agra , St John’s College , 10-IX-1949 , Chandy Kurian coll. Allotype : ♀ , same data of holotype , except 1-I-1950 . Type conditions. Holotype completely dissected on slide Nº. 9/B. On slides : S1 C1—one proleg, one mesoleg without coxa and one metaleg; one antenna complete; two forewings one with basal portion missing. S1 C2—three legs and one antenna complete. S2 C1—head broken; mesosoma broken into 3–4 pieces, scattered; metasoma intact. Allotype completely dissected on slide Nº. 19/B. On slides : S3 C1—head with one antenna and pronotum; rest of mesosoma crushed; metasoma complete; 4–5 fragments of legs. S4 C1—one leg without coxa; S4 C2—two legs without coxae. S5 C1—one forewing and one hind wing. S5 C2—antenna broken into two parts; one leg broken into two parts, femur and second tibia and tarsomeres. Remarks. Male genitalia and some sclerites of last segment of metasoma are mounted on slide S2. Hosts. Unknown.