Cleptes semiauratus

Cleptes semiauratus (Linnaeus, 1761) Sphex semiauratus Linnaeus, 1761:413. Lectotype ♀ designated by Day, 1979:72; Sweden: Scania (type depository: London, Linnean Society). Cleptes semiauratus: Strumia & Fallahzadeh, 2015:17 (Alborz). Distribution. Iran (Alborz). Widely distributed from Europe to Caucasus and Türkiye (Móczár, 2001). Remarks. The specimen listed by Strumia & Fallahzadeh (2015) may refer to Chrysis striatipleuris Rosa, Forshage, Paukkunen & Soon, 2015, which is mostly distributed in the Southern Palaearctic. The identification of the two specimens cited by Strumia & Fallahzadeh (2015) was done before the revision of these two Cleptes species by Rosa et al. (2015b). A confirmation of the identification is needed.