Euclimacia Enderlein, 1910

Kaur, Simarjit, Pandher, Manpreet Singh, Chandra, Kailash & Dubey, Anil Kumar, 2021, Subfamily Mantispinae Enderlein, 1910 (Insecta: Neuroptera) in India, Zootaxa 5068 (3), pp. 355-377 : 358

Genus Euclimacia Enderlein, 1910

Euclimacia Enderlein, 1910: 362 .

Type species: Euclimacia partita Enderlein, 1910: 366 .

Diagnostic characters. Flagellomeres symmetrical, perfoliate; pronotum irregularly wrinkled, surface pubescent, prothoracic maculae conspicuous, dorsolaterally directed, prothorax shorter than pterothorax; wings with pigmentation.

Remarks. The species of this genus are brightly colored and are well known for wasp mimicking. Most of the species of this genus have been described on the basis of differences in coloration and wing venation. No key to the species has been published and it is very cumbersome job to make such key without physically verifying the Euclimacia species. Here, we made an preliminary attempt to separate the Indian species of Euclimacia based on the following key.

Key to species

1. Costal area of wings without any pigmentation.................................................. E. woodhousei

- Costal area of wings with pigmentation ( Fig. 7 )............................................................. 2

2. Antenna reddish brown ( Fig. 3 ).......................................................................... 3

- Antenna proximally dark to black, distally reddish yellow..................................................... 4

3. Prozona with three longitudinal flocking stripes at posterior margin...................................... E. cottami

- Prozona without longitudinal stripes (Figs.3,4)....................................................... E. nodosa

4. Body black with sunset yellow transverse bands on vertex posterior to antennae, medially connected partially; wing apex light brown ( Figs. 7 ).......................................................................... E.similis sp. nov.

- Body yellowish orange without any bands on vertex; wing apex dark brown ( Figs. 21 )............ .. E. nicobarica sp. nov.

Figures

FIGS. 7–16. Euclimacia similis sp. nov.: 7, habitus, dorsal view; 8, head, front view; 9, head and thorax, dorsal view; 10, head and thorax, lateral view; 11, pterothorax, dorsal view; 12, pterothorax lateral view showing pleural region; 13, foreleg, inner view; 14. foreleg, outer view

FIGS. 1–6. Mantispidae spp. 1–2, Austroclimaciella quadrituberculata (Westwood): 1, habitus, dorsal view; 2, head and thorax, dorsal view. 3–6, Euclimacia nodosa (Westwood): 3, habitus, dorsal; 4, head and thorax, dorsal view; 5, head and thorax, lateral view; 6, right forewing and hind wing.

FIGS. 21–27. Euclimacia nicobarica sp. nov.: 21, habitus, dorsal view; 22, head, front view; 23, head and thorax, dorsal view;