Subfamily of wasps
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| Ceropalinae | |
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| Ceropales spp | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceropalinae |
The Ceropalinae are a subfamily of the——Pompilidae, the spider wasps, "containing two genera," whose members are kleptoparasitic on other solitary wasps which hunt spiders, mainly fellow members of the "Pompilidae."
The two genera within the Ceropalinae are
- Ceropales Latreille, 1796
- Irenangelus Schultz 1906
References※
- ^ Kimsey L.S. & Wasbauer MS 2004 Revision of New World Species of the Cleptoparasitic Pompilid Genus Irenangelus Schulz (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77(4) 650-668
