Cleptes pronigritus 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 : 64-65

Cleptes pronigritus Linsenmaier, 1968

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Cleptes pronigritus Linsenmaier, 1968: 6 . Holotype ♀; Turkey: Antakya (NMLU). Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 62 (cat., semiauratus group).

Cleptes (Cleptes) pronigritus: Móczár 2000b: 299 (cat., satoi group), 305 (key, fig. 15, clypeus), 319 (descr.).

Type locality. Turkey: “ Klein-Asien , ♀ Type von Antakya, VI.65 leg. Schmidt, in Coll. m.— ♀♀ Paratypen in Coll. Schmidt, Schwarz, Gusenleitner und m.” .

Holotype, ♀: Antakya As. Türk. 7.VI.1965 leg. Jos. Schmidt // ♀ Type Cleptes Ltr. pronigritus Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1965 // Holotypus C. pronigritus Lins. det. Móczár 998

Paratypes, ♀: Osmanyie [Osmaniye] 5.- 6.5.1955 Seidenstücker // ♀ Paratype Cleptes Ltr. pronigritus Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1965.

Paratype, ♀: Türkei Antakya 6. VI.65 leg. M. Schwarz // ♀ Paratype Cleptes Ltr. pronigritus Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1965.

Remarks. Kimsey & Bohart (1991) placed Cleptes pronigritus Linsenmaier in the semiauratus species group. Móczár (2000b) transferred C. pronigritus to the satoi species group and added new diagnostic features to the description of the female. The male is still unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Cleptes pronigritus Linsenmaier, 1968, holotype. A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, dorsal view. D) Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bar 1 mm.