Cleptes semicyanea Tournier 1879: 88. Holotype ♂; Russia: Sarepta (MHNG) (examined).
Cleptes semicyaneus: Soon 2004: 44, Ødegaard et al. 2009: 41, Fritz & Larsson 2010: 151, Artsdatabanken 2010, Allearter.dk 2010, Hansen et al. 2010: 338, Ødegaard et al. 2011: 64, Rosa & Soon 2012.
Material examined. Denmark: NEJ: Skagen, VI.1839, 1 ♀ (Schiödte); NEZ: Tisvilde, Stengehus, 24.VI.1970, 1 ♀ (H. Enghoff).
Distribution. Denmark, Norway, Sweden.—Transpalearctic: from West Europe to Siberia (Irkutsk) (Móczár 1997).
Remarks. The species has been recorded from two localities in Denmark (see data above), two localities in southern Norway (VAY: Lista and RY: Jaeren) (Ødegaard et al. 2009), and one locality in southwest Sweden (Halland) (Fritz & Larsson 2010). The closest records outside the Nordic countries are from northern Poland (Pomerania) (Noskiewicz & Puławski 1958). In Norway, the species has been classified as vulnerable (Hansen et al. 2010).