Ceropales is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps from the sub-family Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae. They are characterised by the taking of the spider prey of other solitary wasps, mainly Pompilidae but members of the Sphecidae that provision with spider prey are sometimes also hosts. In some languages their name translates into English as "cuckoo spider wasp".
Ceropales is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps from the sub-family Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae. They are characterised by the taking of the spider prey of other solitary wasps, mainly Pompilidae but members of the Sphecidae 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
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