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Cleptinae

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Cleptinae
Cleptes semicyaneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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References

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

Further reading

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  • Bohart, R. M.; Kimsey, L. S. (1982). A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Vol. 33. American Entomological Institute. pp. 1–266. OL 10767294W.


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