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Cleptes

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Cleptes
Cleptes semiauratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Subfamily: Cleptinae
Genus: Cleptes
Latreille, 1802[1]
Species

Several, including:

Synonyms
  • Chrysocleptes (Moczar, 1962)
  • Holcocleptes (Moczar, 1962)
  • Leiocleptes (Moczar, 1962)
  • Melanocleptes (Moczar, 1962)
  • Neocleptes (Kimsey, 1981)
  • Oxycleptes (Moczar, 1962)
  • Zimmermannia (Moczar, 1962)

Cleptes is a genus of cuckoo wasps in the subfamily Cleptinae. The genus contains 100 recognized species, making it the largest genus in the subfamily.[2]

Morphology

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Members of the genus can be distinguished from related genera due to their smaller eyes, head as wide as long, and tarsal claws with only one perpendicular submedial tooth.[3]

References

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  1. ^ P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467
  2. ^ Rosa, Paolo; Forshage, Mattias; Paukkunen, Juho; Soon, Villu (2015-11-06). "Cleptes pallipes Lepeletier synonym of Cleptes semiauratus (Linnaeus) and description of Cleptes striatipleuris sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Cleptinae)". Zootaxa. 4039 (4): 543–552. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26624640.
  3. ^ Wei, N.-s.; Rosa, P.; Xu, Z.-f. 2013: Revision of the Chinese Cleptes (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) with description of new species. ZooKeys, 362, pages 55–96, doi:10.3897/zookeys.362.6175
  • Ducke, A. (1902). Ein neue südamerikanische Cleptes-Art. Zeitschr. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol., 2, 91–93.
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