Anastatus amarus ( Subba Rao, 1957 )

Ghosh, Dipanjana, Sheela, S., Kumar, P. Girish & Rameshkumar, A., 2025, Description of two new brachypterous species of Anastatus (Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) from India, Zootaxa 5679 (1), pp. 123-132 : 128

4. Anastatus amarus ( Subba Rao, 1957) ( Fig 3B )

Material examined: 1 ♀, INDIA, Odisha, Bargarh, Saharapali , 24.vii.2021, Sweep, Coll: A. Rameshkumar ; 1 ♀, INDIA, Odisha, Sambalpur, Charmal , 25.vii.2021, YPT, Coll: A. Rameshkumar ; 1 ♀, INDIA, Odisha, Kendujhar, Bolani Guest house garden, 17.vii.2021, Sweep, Coll: A. Rameshkumar .

Remarks: In one of the specimens, most parts of forelegs and hindlegs brownish yellow; the antennae are not placed just above the mouth border as mentioned in the original description.

Distribution: India: Bihar ( Mehra 1966), Delhi, Jharkhand ( Subba Rao 1957), Uttar Pradesh ( Narendran 2009), Odisha (new record).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A. Anastatus acherontiae ♀ habitus, lateral view; B. Anastatus amarus ♀, habitus, lateral view; C-D. Anastatus dasyni ♀ habitus, lateral and dorsal view; E-F. Anastatus bangalorensis ♀ habitus, lateral and dorsal view.