''Ceropales'' is a genus of kleptoparasitic

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 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 *'' Ceropales africana'' Moczar, 1989 *'' Ceropales albicincta'' (Rossi, 1790) *'' Ceropales bipunctata'' Say, 1824 *'' Ceropales brevicornis'' Patton, 1879 *'' Ceropales cubensis'' Cresson, 1865 *'' Ceropales elegans'' Cresson, 1872 *'' Ceropales femoralis'' Cresson, 1869 *'' Ceropales fulvipes'' Cresson, 1872 *'' Ceropales hatoda'' Brimley, 1928 *'' Ceropales karooensis'' Arnold, 1937 *'' Ceropales kriechbaumeri'' Magretti, 1884 *'' Ceropales latifasciatus'' Arnold, 1937 *'' Ceropales ligea'' Bingham 1903 *'' Ceropales longipes'' Smith, 1855 *'' Ceropales longisulcata'' Lu & Li, 2019 *'' Ceropales maculata'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Ceropales neomexicana'' Rohwer, 1915 *'' Ceropales nigripes'' Cresson, 1867 *'' Ceropales pacifica'' Townes, 1957 *'' Ceropales pictus'' Shuck, 1837 *'' Ceropales punctulatus'' Cameron, 1904 *'' Ceropales pygmaeus'' Kohl, 1879 *'' Ceropales robni'' Cresson, 1867 *'' Ceropales rugata'' Townes, 1957 *'' Ceropales scobiniferus'' Arnold, 1937 *'' Ceropales variegata'' (Fabricius, 1798) *'' Ceropales variolosus'' Arnold, 1937 *'' Ceropales yunnanensis'' Lu & Li, 2019

References

Hymenoptera genera Ceropalinae {{apocrita-stub