Ceropales is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps from the sub-family Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae. They are characterised by the taking of the spider prey of other solitary wasps, mainly Pompilidae but members of the Sphecidae that provision with spider prey are sometimes also hosts.[2] In some languages their name translates into English as "cuckoo spider wasp".

Ceropales
Ceropales fulvipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Ceropalinae
Genus: Ceropales
Latreille, 1796
Type species
Ceropales maculata

Species

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Species within Ceropales include[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR 25077544.
  2. ^ Edwards R. & Broad G. (eds), 1998, Provisional Atlas for the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland Part 2, NERC ISBN 1-870393-42-2
  3. ^ "Ceropales". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  4. ^ "Ceropales -- Discover Life".
  5. ^ a b Lu, Hai-Xia; Bashir, Nawaz Haider; Li, Qiang; Ma, Li (31 January 2019). "Two new species of Ceropales (Ceropales) Latreille (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), with a key to species from China". Zootaxa. 4551 (2). Magnolia Press: 211–220. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4551.2.5.