Cleptinae (Latreille, 1802)

Lucena, Daercio A. A., Gomes, Rayane Sales, Almeida, Eduardo A. B. & Zanella, Fernando C. V., 2024, “ As Chrysididas do Brazil ”: A catalogue of the Brazilian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240044) 68 (4), pp. 1-63 : 53-57

Cleptinae

This small subfamily is composed of enigmatic and rarely collected wasps. Cleptinae are parasitoids of prepupal larvae of Tenthredinoidea sawflies (e.g., Kimsey and Bohart, 1991). Three genera are recognized:

Cleptes (widespread, with single species recorded in South America),

Cleptidea (Neotropical) , and Lustrina (Oriental) . Currently, only Cleptidea is recorded in Brazil.

Cleptidea Mocsáry, 1904

Cleptidea Mocsáry, 1904: 567 . Type species:Cleptes aurora Smith, 1874: 452, by original designation.

Distribution in Brazil. Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Santa Catarina, São Paulo.

Comments. This Neotropical genus comprises twenty valid species (Kimsey, 1981, 1986b; Kimsey and Bohart, 1991; Móczár 1996a, b; Lucena et al., 2021). Little is known about this taxon. There is no record of hosts published for this genus, though Ducke (1904a) reported several specimens of C. mutilloides (Ducke) flying around cacao crops infested by unidentified tenthredinids. Kimsey (1986b) also reported females of C. panamensis Kimsey flying around bushes heavily infested with the sawfly Erythraspides interstitialis (Cameron) ( Tenthredinidae ). Eight species are known to Brazil, half are restricted to the Amazon Forest, two to Atlantic Forest, and two species have been found in the transition zones between Atlantic Forest and Caatinga, and Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.

Cleptidea aurora ( Smith, 1874)

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Cleptes aurora Smith, 1874: 452. Lectotype female (NHMUK #970933), designated by Kimsey (1986b: 106). BRAZIL, Amazonas: Tefé [“Ega”].

Cleptes aurora; Dalla Torre (1892), Ducke (1911a 1, 1913).

Cleptidea aurora; generic combination by Mocsáry (19042); Ducke (1907a), Kimsey (19813, 1986b), Kimsey and Bohart (1991), Móczár (1996a, 1996b 4).

Cleptes aurora var. robustior Ducke, 1913: 30 . Lectotype male (by inference of “ holotype ”) (MZSP #04582), designated by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 69). Junior synonym of Cleptes aurora Smith, according to Kimsey (1986b).

Distribution. BOLIVIA, La Paz: Mapiri 2, BRAZIL, Amazonas: Tefé [Rio Japurá] 1, Pará: Faro 1, Óbidos 3,4, COLOMBIA: Putumayo: Mocoa 3, ECUADOR 3.

Biome. Amazon Forest.

Notes. Ducke (1913) described Cleptes aurora var.robustior based on an unknown number of syntypes, collected in Faro, Pará state (no dates were specified). We found four specimens in the MPEG, one female and two males collected on February 08 th, 1910, and a female collected on February 20 th, 1910. Another male collected on February 08 th, 1910 is housed at the MZSP collection (MZSP #04582). Kimsey and Bohart (1991) cited the specimen housed at the MZSP as the holotype (see also Santos et al., 2017). Herein, we consider the specimen housed at the MZSP as the lectotype by inference of “ holotype ” (ICZN, 1999: Article 74.6), designated by Kimsey and Bohart (1991: 69). Therefore, the specimens housed at MPEG are hereinafter to be considered as paralectotypes. The exact number of paralectotypes is unknown.

Cleptidea dubuyssoni (Ducke, 1904) Cleptes aurora var. buyssoni Ducke, 1904b: 99 . Holotype male (by monotypy) (MNHN). BRAZIL, Amapá: Oiapoque, 18.i.1904, A. Ducke. Cleptidea buyssoni; generic combination byDucke (1907a); Kimsey (1981). Cleptes buyssoni; Ducke (1911a).

Cleptes aurora var.dubuyssoni Ducke, 1913: 12 . Replacement name for Cleptes buyssoni Ducke, 1904b.Junior homonym of Cleptes buyssoni Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1892.

Mesitius neotropicus Brues, 1914: 119. Holotype male (MCZ #28775). GUYANA,Bartica.Junior synonym of Cleptes buyssoni Ducke, according to Móczár (1996a).

Cleptidea dubuyssoni; Kimsey (1986b 1), Kimsey and Bohart (1991), Móczár (1996a, 1996b 2).

Distribution. BRAZIL, Amapá: Oiapoque, Amazonas: Tabatinga 1, Pará: Óbidos 1, GUYANA, Cuyuni-Mazaruni: Bartica 2, SURINAM, Marowijne: Moengo [Cottica River, Saramacca River] 1, [“Kwadoegron”, “Doven”] 1, VENEZUELA, Aragua: El Limón [Pozo del Diablo] 2, Maracay 2, Carabobo: Canoabo 2.

Biome. Amazon Forest.

Cleptidea fasciata (Dalman 1823)

Cleptes fasciata Dalman, 1823: 90 . Lectotype female ( NHRS #000001082 ), designated by Móczár (1996b: 136). BRAZIL.

Cleptes fasciata ; Dahlbom (1845, 1854).

Cleptes fasciatus Dahlbom; description according to Dahlbom, Smith (1874), Mocsáry (1889).

Cleptes fasciatus Dalman; Dalla Torre (1892), Ducke (1913).

Cleptes fasciata Dahlbom ; description according to Dahlbom, Ducke (1911a).

Cleptidea fasciata ; generic combination by Mocsáry (1904); Ducke (1907a), Kimsey (19811, 1986b 2), Kimsey and Bohart (1991), Móczár (1996a, 1996b 3), Rosa and Vårdal (2015), Lucena et al. (20214), Lucena and Almeida (20225).

Cleptidea propodealis Kimsey, 1986b: 322 . Holotype female (BME). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], November 1957,F.Plaumman. Junior synonym of Cleptes fasciata Dalman , according toMóczár (1996b).

Distribution. ARGENTINA, Tucumán: SanMigueldeTucumán[HorcoMole] 1,2, BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Marliéria [Parque Estadual do Rio Doce] 4, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia] 1,2,3,4,5.

Biome. Atlantic Forest.

Cleptidea magnifica Ducke, 1904

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Cleptidea magnifica Ducke, 1904b: 99 . Holotype male (by monotypy) ( MNHN #25512 ). BRAZIL. Amapá: Oiapoque , 05.vi.1904, A. Ducke.

Cleptidea magnifica ; Ducke (1907a 1), Kimsey (19812, 1986b), Kimsey and Bohart (1991), Móczár (1996a, 1996b 3).

Cleptes magnificus; generic combination by Ducke (1911a 2); Ducke (1913).

Distribution. BRAZIL, Amapá: Oiapoque, Amazonas: Tabatinga 1,2, Pará: Óbidos 2, FRENCH GUIANA, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni [Bas Maroni] 2,3.

Biome. Amazon Forest.

Cleptidea mutilloides (Ducke, 1902) ( Fig. 34) Cleptes mutilloides Ducke, 1902a: 204. Lectotype male (NHMV), designated byRosa et al.(2020: 85). BRAZIL,Pará:Belém, 28.v.1901,A.Ducke. Cleptidea mutilloides; generic combination by Mocsáry (1904); Ducke (1904a 1, 1907a), Kimsey (19813, 1986b), Kimsey and Bohart (1991), Móczár (1996a, 1996b), Lucena and Melo (2018), Rosa et al. (2020), Lucena and Almeida (2022).

Cleptes mutilloides; Ducke (1911a 2, 1913).

Cleptes mutilloides var. minor Ducke, 1913: 12 . Syntypes. BRAZIL, Pará: Faro, A. Ducke. Junior synonym of Cleptes mutilloides Ducke, according to Kimsey (1986b).

Distribution. ARGENTINA, Tucumán: San Miguel de Tucumán [Horco Mole] 3, BRAZIL, Pará: Belém 1, Faro 2,3.

Biome. Amazon Forest.

Notes. The species was described based on two males collected in Belém, Pará state (cacao crops) on March 20 th, 1900, and May 28 th, 1901. The second was designated by Rosa et al. (2020) as the lectotype. The whereabouts of the paralectotype are unknown. Additional comments on the Ducke’s type materials and images of the lectotype for C. mutilloides Ducke were provided by Rosa et al. (2020). Ducke (1913) described Cleptes mutilloides var.minor based on an unknown number of syntypes (males and females) collected in Faro, Pará state (no dates were specified). We located a male at the MPEG collection, collected in Faro on February 19 th, 1910 (HYM 11061986). The whereabouts and the exact number of syntypes are unknown.

Cleptidea nordestina Lucena, 2021

Cleptidea nordestina Lucena, 2021: 76 (in Lucena et al., 2021). Holotype female (RPSP #00008960). BRAZIL, Bahia: Jequié, campus II UESB, Malaise III, 11.v.2007, Silva-Jr JC and cols.

Distribution. BRAZIL, Bahia: Jequié [campus UESB].

Biome. Transition zone between Atlantic Forest and Caatinga.

Notes. Lucena et al. (2021: 78) reported three unidentified males from Maranhão state (collected on July 06 th, 1987, lacking collector’s name and specific location).These specimens represented new records of the genus Cleptidea for northeastern Brazil.However, they could not assign these males neither to C. nordestina or other species because the specimens were poorly preserved (lacking appendices, altered coloration, and their collapsed metasomae).

Cleptidea xantha Kimsey, 1986

Cleptidea xantha Kimsey, 1986b:323 . Holotype female ( BME). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia], November 1974, F. Plaumann.

Distribution. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutônia].

Biome. Atlantic Forest.

Cleptidea xanthomelas ( Mocsáry, 1889)

Cleptes xanthomelas Mocsáry, 1889:36. Lectotype female ( HNHM), designated by Kimsey (1981: 806). BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Blumenau.

Cleptes xanthomelas; Dalla Torre (1892), Ducke (1904 a, 1911a, 1913).

Cleptidea xanthomelas; generic combination by Mocsáry (1904); Ducke (1907a), Kimsey (1981, 1986b 1), Móczár (1996a, 1996b 2), Lucena and Melo (2018), Rosa et al. (2020), Lucena et al. (20213), Lucena and Almeida (20224).

Distribution. BRAZIL, Espírito Santo: Santa Teresa [Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia] 3,4, Minas Gerais: Marliéria [Parque Estadual do Rio Doce] 3,4, Santa Bárbara 3,4, São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo 3,4, Paraná: Campina Grande do Sul 1, Virmond 2, Rio de Janeiro: Teresópolis 1, Santa Catarina: Blumenau, Seara [Nova Teutônia] 1,2,4, São Paulo: São Roque 4, Luiz Antônio [Estação Ecológica Jataí] 3,4.

Biome. Atlantic Forest, with records from the transition zone between Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.