A catalogue of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) of Eritrea Author Madl, Michael text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2023 55 1 205 211 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10414847 0253-116X 10414847 Epitranus observator W ALKER, 1862 Epitranus observator WALKER , 1842 : STEFFAN 1957: 71 (catalogue Democratic Republic of the Congo), 76 (key), 77 (fig. 1), 79 (fig. 13), 90 (taxonomy, description ♀ ♁, Eritrea ( Masi 1936 )). * Anacryptus Bayoni sp.n. : MASI 1936: 124 (description ♀ ♁, Ghinda). Epitranus bayoni ( MASI , 1936 ) : MASI 1940: 268 (taxonomy, catalogue Afrotropical region ( Eritrea , Uganda ), footnote: taxonomy). Anacryptus bayoni MASI , 1936 : SCHMITZ 1946: 143 (catalogue Afrotropical region), 145 (key), 160 (taxonomy, description ♀ , Eritrea ( MASI 1936 )), pls. 14 (fig. 10), 15 (figs 1-3). Anacryptus bayoni MASI , 1936 : STEFFAN 1957: 90 (synonymy based on original description). Anacryptus bayoni MASI , 1936 : BOUČEK 1982: 586 (synonym, lectotype designation ( Uganda )). D i s t r i b u t i o n:Ghinda. Epitranus observator is known from the Afrotropical ( Democratic Republic of the Congo , Eritrea , Sierra Leone , Uganda ) and Oriental regions.