Cryptocheilus
| Cryptocheilus | |
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| Cryptocheilus bicolor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Pepsinae |
| Genus: | Cryptocheilus Panzer 1806 |
| Type species | |
| Sphex annulata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cryptocheilus is a genus of spider wasps of the subfamily Pepsinae, they are 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.[2]
Species[]
Selected species include[3][4][5]
- Sustera, 1924
- (Lepeletier, 1845)
- (Fabricius, 1798)
- Banks 1933
- Cryptocheilus australis Guerin 1830 Golden Spider Wasp
- Cryptocheilus bicolor (Fabricius, 1775) Orange Spider Wasp
- Haupt, 1962
- Cryptocheilus discolor (Fabricius, 1793)
- Junco y Reyes, 1943
- (Lepeletier, 1845)
- Cryptocheilus elegans (Spinola, 1806)
- (Vander, Linden 1827)
- (Spinola, 1838)
- (Kohl 1883)
- (Costa, 1874)
- Haupt 1962
- (Costa 1887)
- (Banks 1915)
- Sustera 1924
- (Costa 1874)
- Banks 1910
- (Palma 1869)
- Wahis 1986
- Haupt 1962
- Priesner 1966
- Cambra & Wahis 2005
- Cryptocheilus notatus (Rossius 1792)
- (Rossius 1790)
- (Banks 1912)
- (Saunders 1901)
- Moczar 1953
- (Eversmann 1846)
- Haupt 1962
- Cambra & Wahis 2005
- Banks 1926
- Haupt 1962
- (Say)
- Haupt 1962
- Haupt 1962
- (Fabricius 1804)
- (Rossius 1790)
- Sustera 1924
- (Scopoli 1763)
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Fauna Europaea".
- ^ 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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
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