Epitranus salinae Narendran 1989
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: Epitranus salinae Narendran, 1989 (Figs 11–17) Type Material examined [images]. Holotype, ♀ Malaysia, Negris, Pasoh For. Res. Coll. P. & M. Baker, 22.xii.1978 [AEI]. Diagnosis. Black specimen except following parts: scape, pedicel, fu 1, fore and mid legs testaceous, hind coxa black with apex red-brown, hind femur brown with conspicuous medial black patch, femoral teeth black, wings hyaline, venation pale brown, metasoma pale brown, pale yellow-brown below. Frons and vertex closely punctate, interstices smooth; scrobe weakly striated; toruli situated on produced clypeal shield (Fig. 13). Clypeus produced, distinctly tridentate apex (Fig. 15, arrow head); POL almost twice as long as OOL; occiput similarly pitted, interstices smooth; antenna with scape, not reaching front ocellus. Mesosoma with close umbilicate pits, interstices smooth and shiny; mesoscutellum with basal area slightly sunken medially (Fig. 14, arrow head), apex rounded; fore wing with mv apically curved into short stv. Hind coxa polished dorsally, sparsely pitted and pubescent ventrally; hind femur more than twice as long as broad, surface distinctly pubescent; ventral margin with nine irregular teeth, basal tooth large, disc moderately pubescent; hind tibial hump with a single large tooth, not crenulate (Fig. 16); metasoma Gt 1 2.9× medial length of petiole; remaining terga telescopic within Gt 1; epipygium long, more than half of Gt 1 (Fig. 11, 12). Male. Unknown.
Authors: Binoy, C., Santhosh, S., Nasser, M.
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7079654181
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