Cleptes metallicorpus Ha, Lee & Kim, 2011

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 : 68-72

Cleptes metallicorpus Ha, Lee & Kim, 2011 (New to China)Plate 7

Cleptes metallicorpus Ha, Lee & Kim,2011: 489.

Material examined.

1 ♀ (SCAU), Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve (24°55'43"N, 113°1'1"E), 10-14.V.2006, Zai-fu Xu leg., No. SCAU-C0004; 1 ♀ (SCAU), Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending (30°20'56"N, 119°26'03"E), 25-29.VII.2011, Hua-yan Chen & Cheng-yuan Jin leg., No. SCAU-C0005; 1 ♀ (ZJUH), Mt. Tianmu, Qiliting (30°20'N, 119°26'E), 13.VI.1998, Xue-xin Chen leg., No. 980875; 1 ♀ (PRC), Shaanxi, Quing Ling Shan mts, Road Baoji - Taibal vill pass, 40 km S Baoji Zd, 21-23.June.1998, Jindra lgt.

Diagnosis.

Frontal sulcus complete. Pronotum with distinct anterior and posterior pit rows, with elongated pits of posterior pit row. Mandibles with distinct striatopunctures. Mesopleuron with distinct V-shape loop. Metapleuron mostly smooth and polished.

Description.

Redescribed after a female from Guangdong. Body length 9.4 mm (Plate 7A). Forewing length 6.1 mm. HW: HH: HL = 22.8: 18.5: 13.8. POL: OOL: OCL = 6: 8: 16.8. MS = 1 MOD. Width of clypeal lower margin = 1.4 ASD. L/W of Ped, F-I, F-II, and F-III are 2, 3, 1.2, and 0.9, respectively.

Head. Face, ocellar area and vertex with small, shallow and sparse punctures (0.5-1.5 PD). Clypeus with lower margin truncate medially and concave laterally before short acute teeth at corners. Frontal sulcus complete (Plate 7B). Mandibles with distinct striatopunctures. Ocellar triangle isosceles, without post-ocellar sulcus.

Mesosoma. Pronotum with punctures similar to those on vertex. Pronotum with distinct anterior and posterior pit rows, with pits of posterior pit row elongated (Plate 7C); without longitudinal median sulcus (Plate 7C). Mesonotum and metanotum with smaller, shallower and sparser punctures than those on pronotum. Mesoscutum notauli complete; parapsidal lines nearly complete; admedian lines incomplete, 1/3 length of notauli (Plate 7C); axillary trough smooth. Mesopleuron with distinct V-shape loop (Plate 7D). Metanotum with a small anteromedian pit, with two foveae along the posterior margin; axillary trough smooth (Plate 7E). Metapleuron mostly smooth and polished (Plate 7D). Dorsal surface of propodeum irregularly reticulate; lateral margins parallel. Propodeal angles short and nearly right-angled (Plate 7E).

Metasoma. T-I nearly impunctate; T-II–T-IV with dense punctures (Plate 7F). Punctures on T-III denser than those on T-II and T-IV.

Pubescence. Head with erect, short (0.5-1.0 MOD), sparse and black bristles, but with short (1 MOD) and brown hairs on the posterior margin of vertex. Clypeus with sparse, long (2 MOD) and white hairs. Metasoma dorsally and laterally with long (1.0-1.5 MOD) and white hairs.

Colouration. Head and mesosoma metallic bluish-green with purple tints. Mandibles metallic greenish-blue, with teeth blackish-brown. Antennae blackish-brown, with scapes and pedicels metallic bluish-green. Legs metallic blue, with tarsi testaceous. Metasoma metallic bluish-purple, with black streak on segmental margins.

Variation. Body length 6.7-9.7 mm. Forewing length 4.5-6.4 mm. Face with small, shallow and slightly denser punctures (0.5-1.5 PD). Clypeus with less distinct acute teeth at corners of lower margin. Metasoma with some metallic green tints.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong); Korea.

Biology.

Collected from May to July.

Remarks.

According to Móczár (2000a), Cleptes metallicorpus Ha et al. belongs to the asianus species-group based on two distinct pit rows on pronotum, longitudinal median sulcus absent and mesopleuron with V-shape loop.