Cleptes asianus KIMSEY 1987

Cleptes asianus KIMSEY, 1987 (Figs 1 A-1D, 2A–2D) M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Meghalaya: 1♁, Nokrek Nat. Park, 25°40N 91°04E, xii.1997, leg. Murzin (BZL). I n d i a n r e c o r d s: India (Meghalaya). First record of the genus Cleptes in the country. D i s t r i b u t i o n: India; Taiwan (WEI et al. 2013). R e m a r k s: Cleptes asianus was described on a single female from Taiwan. The sex association proposed here is doubtful because I could not examine the type specimen, which was not available for this study or for the revision of the Chinese Cleptes (WEI et al. 2013). An examination and redescription of Cleptes asianus based on the holotype, is needed because important diagnostic characters, such as the shape and sculpture of the propodeum, are not provided in the original description.