Epitranus salinae Narendran, 1989

Epitranus salinae Narendran, 1989 View in CoL ( 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.