Cleruchus, Enock, 1909

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2024, Illustrated key to the genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in the Neotropical region, Zootaxa 5557 (1), pp. 1-263 : 44

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CLERUCHUS Enock, 1909 View in CoL

( Figs 81–86 View FIGURES 81–83 View FIGURES 84–86 )

Cleruchus Enock, 1909: 453 View in CoL . Type species: Cleruchus pluteus Enock, 1909 View in CoL , by monotypy. See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species.

Diagnosis. Head more or less produced anteriorly, in lateral view almost triangular; face with faint subantennal sulci ( Fig.81a View FIGURES 81–83 ); ocelli forming a low triangle with lateral ocelli close to posterolateral corners of vertex ( Fig. 86 View FIGURES 84–86 ); funicle segments often about as long as wide and clava 1-segmented ( Fig. 82 View FIGURES 81–83 ); fore wing narrow, parallel sided ( Fig. 83 View FIGURES 81–83 ); ovipositor short, usually originating in apical half or less of gaster ( Fig. 85 View FIGURES 84–86 ).

Remarks. Cleruchus belongs to the Cleruchus group of genera. It differs from Cleruchoides mainly in having the funicle segments often quadrate and a narrower fore wing. It differs from Platystethynium by the scutellum not longitudinally divided medially and the propodeum without Y-like submedian sulci. Cleruchus usually has the clava entire whereas Platystethynium has it 2-segmented (3-segmented in some extralimital species).

Neotropical hosts. Unknown.

Important reference. Huber & Triapitsyn (2017).

References

Enock, F. (1909) New genera of British Mymaridae (Haliday). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1909, 449 - 459, pls. XII - XV. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1909. tb 02179. x

Huber, J. T. & Triapitsyn, S. V. (2017) Two genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) new to Africa, a remarkable new species of Anaphes and new generic synonymy. ZooKeys, 658, 39 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 658.11569

Huber, J. T., Read, J. D. & Triapitsyn, S. V. (2020) Illustrated key to genera, and species catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 4773 (1), 1 - 411. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4773.1.1