Cleruchus, Enock, 1909

Manickavasagam, Sagadai, Triapitsyn, Serguei V. & Palanivel, Selvaraj, 2018, Five new species of Cleruchus from the Oriental region and report of Anaphes quinquearticulatus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from India, Zootaxa 4387 (1), pp. 134-156 : 153

Cleruchus sp.

( Figs 39, 40)

Cleruchus sp.: Subba Rao & Hayat 1983: 134.

Material examined. MALAYSIA, Johor (as “ Johore ” on the label), iii.1963 (“ex eggs Callimerus ? arcufer Cleruchus sp. B. R. S. [Subba Rao] Det 1969”) (1 ♀ on slide, BMNH).

Host. Callimerus ? arcufer Chapin ( Coleoptera : Cleridae ), according to the original label. Subba Rao & Hayat (1983) indicated it as C. arufer [sic], an obvious misspelling.

Taxonomic notes. This interesting specimen likely represents a new species, which we are reluctant to describe based solely on a single female, which is over cleared and thus quite difficult to photograph, though otherwise it was slide-mounted very well. Its antenna ( Fig. 39) and fore wing ( Fig. 40) are illustrated here to facilitate recognition. Ocelli are present, and the ovipositor is about as long as metatibia. This female is also quite similar to those of the European species C. pluteus Enock and C. taktochno Triapitsyn , to which it tentatively keys in Triapitsyn (2014a), but its F1 is relatively longer (notably longer than wide, Fig. 39).