Revision of the Chinese Cleptes (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) with description of new species

By

Wei, Na-sen
Rosa, Paolo
Xu, Zaifu.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

362

Pages

55-96

Subjects

China , Chrysididae , Cleptes , Cleptinae , new species , revision

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.362.6175

 

Abstract

The genus Cleptes Latreille, 1802 from China is revised and illustrated for the first time. Seventeen species of Cleptes are recorded. Nine species are new to science, Cleptes albonotatus sp. n., Cleptes eburnecoxis sp.n., Cleptes flavolineatus sp. n., Cleptes helanshanus sp. n., Cleptes niger sp. n., Cleptes shengi sp. n., Cleptes sinensis sp. n., Cleptes tibetensis sp. n., and Cleptes villosus sp. n., and two species are reported as new to China, Cleptes metallicorpus Ha, Lee & Kim, 2011, and Cleptes seoulensis Tsuneki, 1959.