Cladobethylus japonicus Kimsey, 1986

Kimsey, Lynn S., 2019, Revision of the south Asian amisegine genus Cladobethylus Kieffer, 1922 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Amiseginae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 70, pp. 41-64 : 41

Cladobethylus japonicus Kimsey

Figs 30 , 31

Cladobethylus japonicus Kimsey 1986: 158. Holotype female; Japan: Kyoto (AEI).

Diagnosis.

This species has several unusual diagnostic female features. The eye has very long dense setulae, the hindocelli are very close to the ocular margins and the malar space is very long. In addition, the pronotum is longer than the scutum, and the metapleuron is cross-ridged from wing base to coxa.

Male.

Unknown.

Female description.

Body (Figs 30 , 31 ). Length: 2.5 mm. Head. Scapal basin smooth with short strip of cross-ridges on either side of broad medial stripe; clypeus short, broadly rounded; subantennal distance 0.6 MOD; malar space 5 MOD long; interocular distance 1.5-1.7 × eye width in front view; face about as broad as long in front view; ocular setulae 1 MOD long or longer; midocellus 2.6 MOD from ocular margin; hindocellus separated from ocular margin by one diameter; ocelli arranged in nearly equilateral triangle; hindocelli separated from ocular margin by 1 hindocellar diameter; flagellomere I 2.3 × as long as broad; flagellomere II 1.4 × as long as broad. Mesosoma. Mesopleural punctures larger than on pronotum; metapleuron cross-ridged from hindwing base nearly to midcoxa; propodeum with posteromedial enclosure rough, subrectangular. Metasoma: terga I-V with tiny scattered punctures at least 4-6 PD apart laterally, nearly impunctate medially. Color: body black with bluish tints on vertex and pronotum; legs including coxae yellow; scape dark brown becoming paler distally; pedicel and flagellomeres I-III yellow, remaining flagellomeres brown; mandibles brown.

Distribution.

JAPAN: Kyoto; 1 female (the holotype) examined (AEI).

Figures

Figures 26 - 33. 26, 27 Male Cladobethylus 28 - 33 female Cladobethylus 26, 28, 30, 32 lateral view 27, 29, 31, 33 dorsal view.