Cleptes eburnecoxis, Wei, Na-sen, Rosa, Paolo & Xu, Zai-fu, 2013

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 : 62-63

Cleptes eburnecoxis sp. n. Plate 2

Material examined.

Holotype ♂ (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-C0022. Paratypes: 2 ♂ (SCAU), Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending, 25-29.VII.2011, Hua-yan Chen & Cheng-yuan Jin leg., No. SCAU-C0023, C0024; 5 ♂ (SCAU), Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending, 25-29.VII.2011, Hua-yan Chen leg., No. SCAU-C0025-C0029; 1 ♂ (SCAU), Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending, 29.VII.2003, Qiong Wu leg., No. 20034557; 2 ♂ (SCAU), Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending, 28.VII.2003, Xue-xin Chen leg., No. 20038501, 20038502; 1 ♂ (SCAU), Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending, 27.VII.1999, Ming-shui Zhao leg., No. 997013; 1 ♂ (SCAU), Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending, 9.VIII.1998, Ming-shui Zhao leg., No. 994206; 1 ♂ (SCAU), Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending, 16.VIII.1999, Xue-xin Chen leg., No. 997278; 1 ♂ (SCAU), Guangxi, Longsheng, Huaping National Nature Reserve (32°52'36.84"N, 106°36'13.17"E), 25-26.VI.1982, Jun-hua He leg., No. 823647.

Diagnosis.

Cleptes eburnecoxis sp. n. is closely related to Cleptes townesi Kimsey based on the similar colouration, short MS (0.4 MOD), absence of posterior pit row on pronotum, polished mesopleuron, and posteriorly emarginate T-V. However, it can be distinguished by head being entirely metallic green (the metallic colour is restricted to face in Cleptes townesi ), dorsal surface of propodeum with six longitudinal ridges (irregularly reticulate in Cleptes townesi ), propodeal angles long and blunt (short and stumpy in Cleptes townesi ).

Description.

Male. Holotype. Body length 6.6 mm (Plate 2A). Forewing length 5.1 mm. HW: HH: HL = 36.5: 28: 17.5. POL: OOL: OCL = 8.5: 15: 19.5. MS = 0.4 MOD. Width of clypeal lower margin = 1.5 ASD. L/W of Ped, F-I, F-II, and F-III are 1.4, 2.4, 2.0, and 1.8, respectively.

Head. Face with deep and dense punctures (0-0.5 PD) on lateral sides, with shallow and sparse (0.5-1.0 PD) punctures medially. Clypeus with lower margin slightly convex medially, without acute teeth at corners. Frontal sulcus complete (Plate 2B). Mandibles with sparse punctures and three teeth. Ocellar area with dense punctures (0-0.5 PD). Ocellar triangle equilateral, with post-ocellar sulcus. Vertex with shallow and sparse punctures (0.5-1.0 PD).

Mesosoma. Pronotum with shallow and sparse punctures similar to those on vertex; with distinct anterior pit row, without posterior pit row (Plate 2C); without longitudinal median sulcus (Plate 2C). Mesonotum with small and shallow punctures, smaller and sparser on mesoscutellum; notauli complete; parapsidal lines incomplete, 3/4 length of notauli; admedian lines incomplete and indistinct, 1/4 length of notauli (Plate 2C); axillary trough polished, with few transverse wrinkles. Mesopleuron polished, with short scrobal sulcus, and with sparse punctures anteriorly (Plate 2D). Metanotum without anteromedian pit, with a big fovea along the posterior margin; axillary trough polished (Plate 2E). Metapleuron smooth and polished (Plate 2D). Dorsal surface of propodeum with six longitudinal ridges, with some weak transverse wrinkles. Propodeal angles long and blunt (Plate 2E).

Metasoma. T-I and T-V nearly impunctate; T-II–T-IV with small and dense punctures (Plate 2F). Punctures on T-III denser than those on T-II and T-IV. T-V with the posterior margin emarginate medially.

Pubescence. Head on clypeus, face, and vertex with long (1.5 MOD), sparse and brown hairs. Metasoma with few brown hairs scattered laterally. T-I and T-II laterally with short (0.8 MOD) hairs. T-III and T-IV laterally with long (1.5 MOD) hairs.

Colouration. Head entirely metallic green, rest of body without metallic reflections. Mandibles brown, with testaceous tints. Antennae blackish-brown. Mesosoma black, with basolateral angles of pronotum testaceous to white, with apex of propodeal angles brown. Tegulae testaceous. Legs with coxae, trochanters, and base of femora whitish; rest of femora, tibiae and tarsi testaceous. Metasoma blackish-brown, with anterior half of T-I, and lateral sides of T-I and T-II testaceous.

Variation. Body length 6.3-8.0 mm. Forewing length 4.3-5.5 mm. Head metallic greenish-blue or bluish-green. Clypeus with lower margin less convex than holotype, nearly truncate. Frontal sulcus complete, but indistinct on lower half. Pronotum black, with testaceous near the posterior margin. Admedian lines almost absent.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Oriental part of China (Zhejiang, Guangxi).

Biology.

Collected from June to August.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the whitish coxae.

Remarks.

According to Móczár (2000a), Cleptes eburnecoxis sp. n. would be the second member of the townesi species-group based on the short MS (0.4 MOD), blackish body and metallic tint on face.