Euclimacia Enderlein

Snyman, Louwrens P., Sole, Catherine L. & Ohl, Michael, 2018, A revision of and keys to the genera of the Mantispinae of the Oriental and Palearctic regions (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), Zootaxa 4450 (5), pp. 501-549 : 510-511

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.5.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5980159

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scientific name

Euclimacia Enderlein
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Genus Euclimacia Enderlein View in CoL View at ENA

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 View FIGURE 6 ): Euclimacia can be distinguished from other Oriental and Palearctic genera by the symmetrical, perfoliate flagellomeres ( Fig. 6b and d View FIGURE 6 ), the very short, distinctly shaped pronotum (shorter than the pterothorax), and conspicuous wing pigmentation ( Fig. 6f View FIGURE 6 ). 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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Neuroptera

Family

Mantispidae

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