''Cryptocheilus'' is a genus of

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 of the subfamily Pepsinae, found in the world's warmer regions. They vary in size from medium to large and are often strikingly coloured. The females construct multicellular nests in cavities, once built each cell is stocked with a spider, captured by the female. They are found in open habitats such as heaths, meadows and forest edges. There are 24 species of ''Cryptocheilus'' known from Europe, 6 from North America and 2 recently described from the Neotropics.Cambra R A & Wahis R 2005 New species of ''Cryptocheilus'' Panzer from Panama and Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae, Pepsinae) ''Notes fauniques de Gembloux'' 56, 3-6

Species

Selected species include *''Cryptocheilus albosignatus'' Sustera, 1924 *''Cryptocheilus alternatus'' (Lepeletier, 1845) *''Cryptocheilus annulatus'' (Fabricius, 1798) *''Cryptocheilus attenuatus'' Banks 1933 *''Cryptocheilus australis'' (Guerin, 1830) Golden Spider Wasp *''Cryptocheilus bicolor'' (Fabricius, 1775) Orange Spider Wasp *''Cryptocheilus bruneipes'' Haupt, 1962 *''Cryptocheilus discolor'' (Fabricius, 1793) *''Cryptocheilus dusmeti'' Junco y Reyes, 1943 *''Cryptocheilus egregius'' (Lepeletier, 1845) *''Cryptocheilus elegans'' (Spinola, 1806) *''Cryptocheilus fabricii'' (Vander, Linden 1827) *''Cryptocheilus fischeri'' (Spinola, 1838) *''Cryptocheilus freygessneri'' (Kohl, 1883) *''Cryptocheilus fulvicollis'' (Costa, 1874) *''Cryptocheilus gazella'' Haupt, 1962 *''Cryptocheilus guttulatus'' (Costa, 1887) *''Cryptocheilus hesperus'' (Banks, 1915) *''Cryptocheilus hispanicus'' Sustera, 1924 *''Cryptocheilus ichneumonoides'' (Costa, 1874) *''Cryptocheilus idoneus'' Banks, 1910 *''Cryptocheilus infumatus'' (Palma, 1869) *''Cryptocheilus juncoi'' Wahis 1986 *''Cryptocheilus limbatus'' Haupt, 1962 *''Cryptocheilus minimus'' Priesner, 1966 *''Cryptocheilus neotropicalis'' Cambra & Wahis, 2005 *''Cryptocheilus notatus'' (Rossius, 1792) *''Cryptocheilus octomaculatus'' (Rossius, 1790) *''Cryptocheilus pallidipennis'' (Banks, 1912) *''Cryptocheilus perezi'' (Saunders, 1901) *''Cryptocheilus richardsi'' Moczar, 1953 *''Cryptocheilus rubellus'' (Eversmann, 1846) *''Cryptocheilus sanguinolentus'' Haupt, 1962 *''Cryptocheilus santosi'' Cambra & Wahis, 2005 *''Cryptocheilus severini'' Banks, 1926 *''Cryptocheilus strigifrons'' Haupt, 1962 *''Cryptocheilus terminatus'' (Say) *''Cryptocheilus tredecimmaculatus'' Haupt, 1962 *''Cryptocheilus umbrosus'' Haupt, 1962 *''Cryptocheilus unicolor'' (Fabricius, 1804) *''Cryptocheilus variabilis'' (Rossius, 1790) *''Cryptocheilus variipennis'' Sustera, 1924 *''Cryptocheilus versicolor'' (Scopoli, 1763)

References

Hymenoptera genera Pepsinae Taxa named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer {{apocrita-stub