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... fervida gynandromorph.jpg Here the pictures of another gynandromorph Cleptes pallipes var androgyna dorsal.jpg Cleptes pallipes var androgyna.jpg ... pallipes var. androgyna du Buysson, 1896 is a gynandromorph of Cleptes semiauratus (Linnaeus, 1761) (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae).

Thanks you very much for your reply, Paolo !

Hi Thomas,

Super nice pictures of a female of Cleptes semiauratus.

Hello,

Could you help me with this Chrysididae found on a leaf of a Tree covered by honeydew, in a public garden, the 25 July 2018, in North of France, Oxelaere ?
I think she could be a Cleptes sp. but I'm not sure which species

Its a Cleptes sp., looks similar to males in the semiauratus-group

Danke für deine Antwort Thomas.

Yes, this is Cleptes semiauratus. Cleptes pallipes is just another name for the same species. Cleptes semiauratus was the first name for the species, so the name Cleptes pallipes should not to be used.

There has been a lot of confusion around this, but it should now stay like this.

Hej Horst. Billedet er taget 1/8-2015 kl. 11:06.
Der var sol, ingen skyer og ikke fugtigt men ret varmt.

Hej Alex, Tak for link, men jeg har svært ved at gennemskue teksten, ente dette fund på Cleptes semiauratus ??

Vh. Thomas

From my garden in Glostrup, Denmark.
Henrik from Hymis "think it is a female Cleptes pallipes".
In that case it will be á new species for Danmark.
Can you confirm this id.
Cheers Thomas

... names, names written only in Italic are synonyms. GENUS NAMES Cleptinae Cleptes (from cleptes [GR, nn.] = thief) [m.] Cleptidea (from cleptes [GR, ... = to be pallid, loosing the natural colour) + ( pes [LAT, nn.] = foot) semiauratus (from semi - [LAT, pref.] = half) + ( auratus, a, um [LAT, adj.] ...