Cleptes jordanicus 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 : 59

Cleptes jordanicus Linsenmaier, 1968

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Cleptes jordanicus Linsenmaier, 1968: 4 . Holotype ♂; Jordan (NMLU). Linsenmaier 1969: 346 (cat., semiauratus group); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 61 (cat., semiauratus group).

Cleptes (Cleptes) jordanicus: Móczár 2001: 907 (cat., semiauratus group), 912 (fig. 18, genital capsule), 913 (key), 916 (cat., descr.).

Type locality. Jordan, Turkey: “Jordanien, ♂ Type , leg. Klapperich V. 63 in Coll. m.— Kleinasien , Antakya, ♂♂ Paratypen in Coll. Gusenleitner, Schmidt, Schwarz und m.” .

Holotype, ♂: Jordanien 17.5.63, leg. J. Klapperich // ♂ Type Cleptes Ltr. jordanicus Lins. det. Linsenmaier 1963 // 193 // NML _ENT GBIF _ Chr 0000030 (ex type-collection).

Paratype, ♂: Antakya 1.- 7.6.1965 Anatolia leg. J. Gusenleitner // ♂ Paratype Cleptes Ltr. jordanicus Lins. det. Linsenmaier 1965 (ex synoptic-collection).

Remarks. Kimsey & Bohart (1991) placed Cleptes jordanicus in the semiauratus species group. Móczár (2001) provided additional morphological descriptions and added Spain to the distribution previously given by Linsenmaier (1968). The female is still unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Cleptes jordanicus Linsenmaier, 1968, holotype.A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. C) Habitus, dorsal view. D) Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bar 1 mm. E) Genital capsule, scale bar 0.5 mm.