Cleptes maculatus Linsenmaier , 1968

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Cleptes maculatus Linsenmaier, 1968

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Cleptes maculatus Linsenmaier, 1968: 6 . Holotype ♀; Cyprus: Pyrgos (NMLU). Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 61 (cat., semiauratus group).

Cleptes (Cleptes) maculatus: Móczár 2001: 907 (cat., semiauratus group), 909 (key), 917 (cat., descr.).

Type locality. Cyprus: “Cypern. ♀ Pyrgos, VI.62, leg. Mavromoustakis, in Coll. m.” .

Holotype, ♀: Pyrgos 29.6.62 // Cypern 29.6.62 Pyrgos leg. Mavromoustakis Coll. Linsenmaier // ♀ Type Cleptes Ltr. maculatus Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1963 // Holotypus C. maculatus Lins. des. Móczár 998 // Hym. Typ. No. 3864 Mus. Budapest // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr00046443 .

Remarks. Kimsey & Bohart (1991) placed Cleptes maculatus in the semiauratus species group. Móczár (2001) provided additional morphological descriptions. The male is still unknown.

Móczár (2001) reported that the Budapest museum is the type depository of the holotype. However, Linsenmaier (1968) stated that the type depository was his private collection, and for or this reason, Zoltán Vas , the curator of the Budapest museum, kindly sent back the holotype to the Natur-Museum Luzern .

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FIGURE 9. Cleptes maculatus Linsenmaier, 1959, holotype.A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, dorsal view. D) Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bar 1 mm.