''Ceropales'' is a genus of
kleptoparasitic
Kleptoparasitism (originally spelt clepto-parasitism, meaning "parasitism by theft") is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct fe ...
spider wasp
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-ne ...
s from the sub-family
Ceropalinae
The Ceropalinae are a subfamily of the Pompilidae, the spider wasps, containing two genera, whose members are kleptoparasitic on other solitary wasps which hunt spiders, mainly fellow members of the Pompilidae.
The two genera within the Cerop ...
of the family
Pompilidae
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-ne ...
. They are characterised by the taking of the spider prey of other solitary wasps, mainly Pompilidae but members of the
Sphecidae
The Sphecidae are a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes Ammophilinae, sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps.
The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger g ...
that provision with spider prey are sometimes also hosts.
In some languages their name translates into English as "cuckoo spider wasp".
Species
Species within ''Ceropales'' include
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Ceropales africana''
Moczar, 1989
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Ceropales albicincta''
(Rossi, 1790)
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Ceropales bipunctata''
Say, 1824
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Ceropales brevicornis''
Patton, 1879
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Ceropales cubensis''
Cresson, 1865
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Ceropales elegans''
Cresson, 1872
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Ceropales femoralis''
Cresson, 1869
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Ceropales fulvipes''
Cresson, 1872
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Ceropales hatoda''
Brimley, 1928
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Ceropales karooensis''
Arnold, 1937
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Ceropales kriechbaumeri''
Magretti, 1884
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Ceropales latifasciatus''
Arnold, 1937
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Ceropales ligea''
Bingham 1903
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Ceropales longipes''
Smith, 1855
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Ceropales longisulcata''
Lu & Li, 2019
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Ceropales maculata''
(Fabricius, 1775)
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Ceropales neomexicana''
Rohwer, 1915
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Ceropales nigripes''
Cresson, 1867
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Ceropales pacifica''
Townes, 1957
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Ceropales pictus''
Shuck, 1837
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Ceropales punctulatus''
Cameron, 1904
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Ceropales pygmaeus''
Kohl, 1879
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Ceropales robni''
Cresson, 1867
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Ceropales rugata''
Townes, 1957
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Ceropales scobiniferus''
Arnold, 1937
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Ceropales variegata''
(Fabricius, 1798)
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Ceropales variolosus''
Arnold, 1937
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Ceropales yunnanensis''
Lu & Li, 2019[
]
References
Hymenoptera genera
Ceropalinae
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