Cleptes affulgens Linsenmaier, 1994

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 : 56-57

Cleptes affulgens Linsenmaier, 1994

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Cleptes affulgens Linsenmaier, 1994: 515 . Holotype ♂; Israel: Tivon [= Kiryat Tivon] (orientalis group) (NMLU).

Cleptes (Maculosicleptes) affulgens: Móczár 1998c: 511 (cat., key, descr., dahlbomi group).

Type locality. Israel, Jordan: “Type (Holotypus) ♂, Palästina, Jordanien, Tivon, 24.4.1944, leg. Bytinski-Salz;—Al- lotypus ♀, Umgeb.[ung] Amman, 26.4.1963, leg. J. Klapperich, in Coll. m.; Paratypus ♀ Tivon in Coll. Bytinski-Salz, Tel Aviv (In Linsenmaier 1959 u. 1969 bisher irrtümlich als auratus Dahlbom, 1845 aufgeführt)”.

Holotype, ♂: Tivon Palestine [currently Kiryat Tivon, Israel] 24.IV.1944 leg. Bytinski-Salz // ♂ Type Cleptes Ltr. affulgens Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1993 (ex type-collection) // 453 // NML _ENT GBIF _ Chr 00000345.

Allotype, ♀: Jordanien 26.IV.63 bei Amman leg. Klapperich // ♀ Cleptes auratus det. Lins. 64 // ♀ Allotype Cleptes Ltr. affulgens Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1993 (ex type-collection) // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr 00000346.

Remarks. Linsenmaier (1994) described Cleptes affulgens in the orientalis species group. Móczár (1998c: 511) transferred Cleptes affulgens to the subgenus Maculosicleptes Móczár, 1998a , Cleptes dahlbomi species group. Móczár (1998c) added erroneously Turkey to the distribution of the species.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Cleptes affulgens Linsenmaier, 1994, holotype.A) Habitus, lateral view. B) Head, frontal view. Scale bar 1 mm. C) Genital capsule, scale bar 0.5 mm. D) Habitus, dorsal view. E) Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bar 1 mm.