Cleptes rugulosus 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 : 65

Cleptes rugulosus Linsenmaier, 1968

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Cleptes rugulosus Linsenmaier, 1968: 8 . Holotype ♀; Israel (NMLU). Linsenmaier 1969: 346 (cat., Israel: Sharon, semiauratus group); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 63 (cat., nitidulus group). Móczár 1997a: 30 (key), 41 (cat., description of the male).

Cleptes (Leiocleptes) rugulosus: Móczár 1997b: 91 (cat., rugulosus group), 93 (fig. 6, pronotum, mesonotum and partly scutellum).

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

Holotype, ♀: Sharon? <handwritten by Bytinski-Salz> Palestine? 19. leg. Geloni <handwritten by Bytin-ski-Salz> leg. Bytinski-Salz // ♀ Type Cleptes Ltr. rugulosus Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1963 // 199 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr0000267 (ex type-collection).

Remarks. The type locality “Sharon?” and the collector were handwritten by Bytinski-Salz. Although the type locality is unclear, the species is distributed in the Near East and Middle East, as reported by Móczár (1997a) with new records for Israel (Degania Alef) and Syria (without further data). Kimsey & Bohart (1991) included Cleptes rugulosus in the nitidulus species group. Móczár (1997a) provided the description of the male and later Móczár (1997b) transferred this species to the newly established rugulosus group.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Cleptes rugulosus Linsenmaier, 1968, holotype.A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, dorsal view. D) Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bar 1 mm.