Cleptes semiatrus Linsenmaier, 1968

Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2020, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 1. Cleptes Latreille, Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 54-72 : 68

Cleptes semiatrus Linsenmaier, 1968

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Cleptes semiatrus Linsenmaier, 1968: 7 . Holotype ♀; Israel (NMLU). Linsenmaier 1969: 346 (cat., Israel: Sharon, semiauratus group); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 63 (cat., nitidulus group).

Cleptes semiatrus: Móczár 1997a: 28 (key), 42 (cat., nitidulus group).

Type locality. “ Palästina, ♀ Type, leg. Geloni, in Coll. m.” .

Holotype, ♀: Sharon? <handwritten by Bytinski-Salz> Palestine? 19. leg. Geloni <handwritten by Bytinski-Salz> leg. Bytinski-Salz // ♀ Type Cleptes Ltr. semiatrus Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1963 // 197 // Holotypus C. semiatrus Lins. det. Móczár 1998 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr00000124 (ex type-collection) .

Remarks. As for the case of Cleptes rugulosus Linsenmaier , the type locality of C. semiatrus Linsenmaier and the name of the collector were written by Bytinski-Salz. Kimsey & Bohart (1991) included C. semiatrus in the nitidulus species group. Móczár (1997a) keyed Cleptes semiatrus based on the original description provided by Linsenmiaer (1968). He received Linsenmaier’s holotype for examination in 1998.

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FIGURE 17. Cleptes semiatrus Linsenmaier, 1968, holotype.A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, dorsal view. D) Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bar 1 mm.