Cleptes taiwanus Tsuneki, 1982

Wei, Na-sen, Rosa, Paolo & Xu, Zai-fu, 2013, Revision of the Chinese Cleptes (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) with description of new species, ZooKeys 362, pp. 55-96 : 84-85

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scientific name	Cleptes taiwanus Tsuneki, 1982
status

Treatment

Cleptes taiwanus Tsuneki, 1982: 2; Móczár 2000a: 329.

Material examined.

None.

Diagnosis.

Body mostly metallic greenish-blue, with propodeum, part of mesonotum and partly T-I–IV purple. Tegulae metallic greenish-blue basally, brown apically with purple tint. Lower margin of clypeus with acute teeth at corners. Ocellar triangle isosceles. Parapsidal lines complete. Metanotum with an anteromedian pit and a broad fovea along the posterior margin ( Tsuneki 1982; Móczár 2000a).

Distribution.

Oriental part of China (Taiwan).

Biology.

Collected in August.

Taxonomic remarks.

Cleptes taiwanus Tsuneki belongs to asianus species-group ( Móczár 2000a).