Cleptes semicyaneus Tournier, 1879

Paukkunen, Juho, Rosa, Paolo, Soon, Villu, Johansson, Niklas & Ødegaard, Frode, 2014, Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), Zootaxa 3864 (1), pp. 1-67 : 8-9

2. Cleptes semicyaneus Tournier, 1879

Cleptes semicyanea Tournier 1879: 88 . Holotype ♂; Russia: Sarepta (MHNG) (examined).

Cleptes semicyaneus: Soon 2004: 44 , Ødegaard et al. 2009: 41, Fritz & Larsson 2010: 151, Artsdatabanken 2010, Allearter.dk 2010, Hansen et al. 2010: 338, Ødegaard et al. 2011: 64, Rosa & Soon 2012.

Material examined. Denmark: NEJ: Skagen , VI.1839, 1 ♀ (Schiödte); NEZ: Tisvilde, Stengehus, 24.VI.1970, 1 ♀ (H. Enghoff) .

Distribution. Denmark, Norway, Sweden.—Transpalearctic: from West Europe to Siberia (Irkutsk) ( Móczár 1997).

Remarks. The species has been recorded from two localities in Denmark (see data above), two localities in southern Norway (VAY: Lista and RY: Jaeren) ( Ødegaard et al. 2009), and one locality in southwest Sweden (Halland) ( Fritz & Larsson 2010). The closest records outside the Nordic countries are from northern Poland (Pomerania) ( Noskiewicz & Puławski 1958). In Norway, the species has been classified as vulnerable ( Hansen et al. 2010).