Cleptes mareki Rosa, 2003

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

Cleptes mareki Rosa, 2003 Plates 5, 6

Cleptes mareki Rosa, 2003: 407.

Material examined.

Holotype ♂ (MCNM), "China c., 27.V., Zhongtiao Shan mt. c., 45 km W of Sanmenxia, Leg. J. Halada 1996", "Holotypus, Cleptes (Leiocleptes), mareki n. sp., Paolo Rosa det. 2003". Paratypes: 43 ♀+2 ♂ (PRC, GA and MP), "China c., 27.V., Zhongtiao Shan mt. c., 45 km W of Sanmenxia, Leg. J. Halada 1996", "Paratypus, Cleptes (Leiocleptes), mareki n. sp., Paolo Rosa det. 2003". Other material examined: 1 ♂ (SHEM), Gansu, Jiuquan, Huangnibao (39°43'0.60"N, 98°49'58.06"E), 1700 m, 15.VII. 2010, Xu-feng Zhang & Feng-li Cui leg.

Diagnosis.

Addition to the original description. Males. Mesopleuron covered with sparse elongated punctures, almost polished towards metapleuron; without well-defined scrobal sulcus, but with enlarged fovea, more or less deeply excavated; metapleuron polished, transversally striate in upper part (Plate 5). Females. Punctuation on mesopleuron similar to the those of the males, with more aligned punctures; short scrobal sulcus, ending in a big and deep fovea; metapleuron entirely transversally striate (Plate 6).

Variation. The specimen from Gansu with head and mesosoma metallic greenish-blue.

Distribution.

Palaearctic part of China (Shanxi, Gansu).

Biology.

Collected in May and July at 1700 m.

Remarks.

Cleptes mareki Rosa belongs to the nitidulus species-group ( Rosa 2003).