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]
Cleptinae | |
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Cleptes semicyaneus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Chrysididae |
Subfamily: | Cleptinae |
Genera
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edit- ^ Kimsey LS, Bohart RM (1991) The chrysidid wasps of the world. Oxford Science Publications, New York.
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