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 41. Pristocera govindrami Kurian, 1952 Fig. 41 , A–G Pristocera govindrami Kurian, 1952 , 1: 70–72, Figs: 18–23. Type locality: Suduganga , India ( ♂ holotype , NFIC-FRI ) . Diagnosis. Male. Length about 8.5 mm. General colour dark reddish-brown to black. Head as long as wide; frons weakly coriaceus; ocelli distinct; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin rounded, longer than lateral ones; mandible tetradentate; antenna with dense pubescence, scape 4.0 × longer than pedicel, pedicel shorter than first flagellomere. Pronotum coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli complete, as long as parapsidal signum; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar suture sulcate, smooth, deep. Metapectal-propodeal disc longer than wide; metapostnotal median carina present; first abdominal spiracle dorsally placed. Tarsal claw trifid. Wings nearly hyaline; forewing with pterostigma dark brown; hind wing with six hamuli. Metasoma polished. Female. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype : [ INDIA , Orissa ,] Suduganga , 23-VI-1920 , a bethylid parasite on window, G. R . Dutt coll. Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected and mounted on slide Nº. 7/B and remaiing part rested on the pin. Pinned : Mesosoma, with left hind wing; left proleg and both metalegs. On slides : S1 C1—one proleg without coxa; coxa and part of femur. S1 C2—one forewing and one hind wing. S2 C1—two metalegs one without coxa and second with tibia and tarsi separated. S2 C2—one forewing and one hind wing. Remarks. The head and metasoma of the holotype are missing. Hosts. Unknown.