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Genus
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Handschin
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4DF5FDD9545C135F" box="[151,258,547,568]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Mimetispа</emphasis>
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. Type species:
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(
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)
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, by original designation.
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Distribution:
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: Borneo,
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.
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4DA5FD73546413C5" bold="true" box="[199,314,649,674]" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Diagnosis</emphasis>
(
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can be distinguished from all other
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and Palearctic genera by the symmetrical perfoliate flagellomeres, the short pronotum (similar or slightly longer than the pterothorax) and conspicuously long flagellum. The diagnosis is based on a single female and are thus incomplete.
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4DA5FD0F544D126A" bold="true" box="[199,275,757,781]" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Notes:</emphasis>
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separated
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from
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4E36FD0F568A1269" box="[852,980,757,782]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Euclimacia</emphasis>
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because of the following characters (paraphrased):
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“The bifurcation of A1, Cu1 and Cu
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the FW, the proportions of CuZ 1 [sic] and CuZ 2 [sic] and the flagellum length and width. The CuZ
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is simple and the first cubital cell is always smaller than the second. In
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the first cubital cell is considerably larger than the second. The prothorax is smooth and almost hairless with the inconspicuous maculae on the sides. In
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, the maculae are very prominent. The constriction posterior to the maculae is also not as prominent as in
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. The antennae in
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are also long and thin.”
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Only one female
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4CF9FBEC57661549" box="[411,568,1045,1070]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">M. simulatrix</emphasis>
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specimen, identified by Handschin, could be obtained for this study. In addition, an undescribed species, female, also with exceptionally long antennae was obtained. All the differences he noted in his revision are not apparent in the
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4FAFFBA456371511" box="[717,873,1117,1142]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">M. simulatrix</emphasis>
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specimen studied and even less apparent in the undescribed species. However, the first cubital cell is larger than the second in both specimens and the antennal flagellum is considerably longer than the prothorax and somewhat thinner than the average
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flagellum. The prothorax in
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is also longer than the pterothorax, unlike the short prothorax in
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. The undescribed specimen, however, had characters similar to
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and
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. It is possible that
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4844FB1450C21462" box="[1318,1436,1262,1285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Mimetispa</emphasis>
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is an unusual
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4C54FAEB54E8144D" box="[310,438,1297,1322]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Euclimacia</emphasis>
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species or that it may well be a separate genus. Before more
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D491FFAE851AD144E" box="[1149,1267,1298,1321]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Mimetispa</emphasis>
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specimens are obtained, and the male abdomen is described and compared to that of
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4EC2FACF517E1429" box="[928,1056,1333,1358]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Euclimacia</emphasis>
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, the relationship between the taxa will remain unresolved (see Appendix).
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It has been suggested that
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4C9FFA84572D14F2" box="[509,627,1406,1429]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Mimetispa</emphasis>
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is a possible mimic of
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. Kees van Achterberg, an eminent braconid expert, confirmed that there are a number of
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species in south-eastern Asia which are similarly sized and have similar colour patterns as found in
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4E63FA3C562914BA" box="[769,887,1478,1501]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Mimetispa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Nothing else is known about the biology of
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<emphasis id="B901C15D1A68477D4DF5FA1054531766" box="[151,269,1514,1537]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="512">Mimetispa</emphasis>
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.
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