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Hi everyone here some pdf and links to some of the last works on Cleptes . 1) The first link is dedicated to the Sicilian species. It's written ... ... 5-0931.pdf Móczár L., 2001 - World revision of the Cleptes semiauratus group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Cleptinae). Linzer biologische ...

... designations made by the two American Authors. The Lectotype of Cleptes pallipes designed by Morgan (1984) is also invalid: the species has ... for who is not working on Chrysididae: Linsenmaier called Cleptes semiauratus (sensu Móczár) as Cleptes splendens (Fabricius).

Hi! Separating these two species is clear but I am not convinced if we have right names for them. Looking at the type of C. semiauratus it looks like C. pallipes to me. Check it out here: http://www.linnean-online.org/16482/ All tibiae are yellowish brown! One could say that they turned ...

Dear Pietsje, some more details. Females of C. pallipes and C. semiauratus are quite easy to ID. Here some character according to Móczár (2001): - coxae, trochanters, femora and tibiae dark brown or brownish black, excepting yellowish brown fore tibiae, ...

... of the 2000 Laslo Móczár wrote a detailed revision of the Genus Cleptes . I agree with him, because I examined almost all the European types ... In the following paper: Móczár L., 2001 - World revision of the Cleptes semiauratus group (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Cleptinae). Linzer biologische ...

... has to be ad to www.waarneming.nl He is been busy with the Dutch wasp and bee atlas. His question was, is C. pallipes not the same species as P. semiauratus and if not what are the differences for id. They put C. pallipes in the atlas with a ? because they think it is the same as C. semiauratus. ...