Genus Euclimacia Enderlein

Euclimacia Enderlein, 1910 . Type species: Euclimаciа pаrtitа Enderlein, 1910, by original designation.

Distribution: Palearctic, Oriental: Widespread. Australasian: northern Australia.

Diagnosis (modified from Lambkin (1986b)) (Fig. 6b, d and f): Euclimacia can be distinguished from other Oriental and Palearctic genera by the symmetrical, perfoliate flagellomeres (Fig. 6b and d), the very short, distinctly shaped pronotum (shorter than the pterothorax), and conspicuous wing pigmentation (Fig. 6f). The species are often brightly coloured and metallic; they resemble several wasp species.

Notes: Euclimacia is a well-known wasp mimicking genus common throughout the Orient (Beck 2005, Bhattacharjee et al. 2010 and Ohl 2004a, 2011). Euclimacia is a large genus comprising at least 31 described species. No key to the species have been published, however, a revision of the genus is ongoing (teste M. Ohl) (see Appendix). A single undescribed species of Euclimacia has been reared from a spider nest in Malaysia (Ohl 2011).