 Fig 1. Cleruchus, lateral view |
Nomenclature
Cleruchus Enock, 1909: 453. Type species: Cleruchus pluteus Enock, by monotypy.
Stenopteromymar Ferriere, 1952: 41. Type species: Stenopteromymar biciliatus Ferriere, by monotypy. Synonymy by Viggiani (1974b: 88).
Paracleruchus Yoshimoto, 1971: 1079. Type species: Paracleruchus pieloui Yoshimoto, by original designation. Synonymy by Viggiani (1974b: 88).
Douttiella Annecke, 1961b: 71. Type species: Doutiella depressa Annecke, by original designation. Synonymy by Noyes & Valentine (1989: 31).
Haplochaeta Noyes & Valentine, 1989: 35. Type species: Haplochaeta mandibularis Noyes & Valentine, by original designation. Synonymy by Lin et al., 2007.
Diagnosis
- Body dorsoventrally flattened
- Funicle 6-segmented, clava entire
- Femora slightly swollen
- Fore wing, when present, parallel-sided, knifelike, at least about 8x as long as wide
- Ovipositor short and arising in apical third of gaster
Geographic Distribution
Worldwide, except western Palaearctic (Lin et al., 2007). See Indian distribution map.
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Hosts and habitat
Unknown. But adults associated with leaf litter and bracket fungi. Elsewhere recorded from eggs of Acrididae (Orthoptera) (Noyes and Valentine, 1989); unspecified species of Ciidae (Coleoptera: Ciidae) (Triapitsyn and Moraal, 2008).
Species in India
Undetermined species, collected from Meghalaya (Rameshkumar and Poorani, 2013) (first report from Meghalaya).
References
Noyes, J. S. and Valentine, E. W. 1989. Mymaridae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) – introduction, and review of genera. Fauna of New Zealand, 17: 1-95.
Triapitsyn, S. V. and Moraal, L. G. 2008. Two new species of Cleruchus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from the Netherlands and California, USA, apparently associated with Ciidae (Coleoptera) in bracket fungi. Entomologische Berichten, 68 (2): 62-68.
Ramesh Kumar et al., 2013