Cleptes

Cleptes
	Cleptes semiauratus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Chrysididae
Subfamily:	Cleptinae
Genus:	Cleptes; Latreille, 1802
Species
	Several, including: Cleptes semicyaneus; Cleptes striatipleuris;
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. It can be distinguished from the other genera due to their smaller eyes, head that's as wide as long, and claws with only one perpendicular submedial tooth.^[2] It contains 100 recognized species making it the largest genus in it's subfamily.^[3]

References

^ P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467
^ 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
^ 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.

Ducke, A. (1902). Ein neue südamerikanische Cleptes-Art. Zeitschr. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol., 2, 91–93.
Rosa, P., Forshage, M., Paukkunen, J. & Soon, V. 2015. Cleptes pallipes Lepeletier synonym of Cleptes semiauratus (Linnaeus) and description of Cleptes striatipleuris sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Cleptinae). Zootaxa, 4039(4), pages 543–552, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.4

External links

Data related to Cleptes at Wikispecies
"Cleptes" at the Encyclopedia of Life
Cleptes at insectoid.info

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[1] P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467

[2] 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

[3] 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.

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