Biology:Cleptinae

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Short description: Subfamily of wasps

Cleptinae
Cleptes semicyaneus.jpg
Cleptes semicyaneus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Subfamily: Cleptinae

Cleptinae is a small subfamily of cuckoo wasps in the family Chrysididae. There are 3 genera and almost 100 described species in Cleptinae, and they are parasitoids of prepupal larvae of tenthredinoid sawflies.[1]

Genera

  • Cleptes Latreille, 1802
  • Cleptidea Mocsáry, 1904
  • Lustrina Kurian, 1955

References

  1. Kimsey LS, Bohart RM (1991) The chrysidid wasps of the world. Oxford Science Publications, New York.

Further reading

  • Bohart, R. M.; Kimsey, L. S. (1982). A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 33. American Entomological Institute. pp. 1–266. 

Wikidata ☰ Q936178 entry