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Ceropales
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".
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ceropales maculata
speciesCeropales maculata
Ceropales bipunctata
speciesCeropales bipunctata
Ceropales robinsonii
speciesCeropales robinsonii
Ceropales helvetica
speciesCeropales helvetica
Ceropales albicincta
speciesCeropales albicincta
Ceropales bipartita
speciesCeropales bipartita
Ceropales elegans
speciesCeropales elegans
Ceropales pallida
speciesCeropales pallida
Ceropales cribrata
speciesCeropales cribrata
Ceropales taschenbergi
speciesCeropales taschenbergi
Ceropales chilensis
speciesCeropales chilensis
Ceropales variegata
speciesCeropales variegata
Ceropales pygmaea
speciesCeropales pygmaea
Ceropales hatoda
speciesCeropales hatoda
Ceropales elsida
speciesCeropales elsida
Ceropales cubensis
speciesCeropales cubensis
Ceropales nigripes
speciesCeropales nigripes
Ceropales picta
speciesCeropales picta
Ceropales tricolor
speciesCeropales tricolor
Ceropales longipes
speciesCeropales longipes
Ceropales fuscipennis
speciesCeropales fuscipennis
Ceropales rugata
speciesCeropales rugata
Ceropales femoralis
speciesCeropales femoralis
Ceropales neomexicana
speciesCeropales neomexicana
Ceropales juncoi
speciesCeropales juncoi
Ceropales karooensis
speciesCeropales karooensis
Ceropales kriechbaumeri
speciesCeropales kriechbaumeri
Ceropales lawrencei
speciesCeropales lawrencei
Ceropales scobinifera
speciesCeropales scobinifera
Ceropales latifasciata
speciesCeropales latifasciata
Ceropales punctulata
speciesCeropales punctulata
Ceropales pacifica
speciesCeropales pacifica
Ceropales fulvipes
speciesCeropales fulvipes
Ceropales brevicornis
speciesCeropales brevicornis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 250751.