Cryptocheilus
| Cryptocheilus | |
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| Cryptocheilus infumatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Tribe: | Pepsini |
| Genus: | Cryptocheilus Panzer 1806 |
| Type species | |
| Sphex annulata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cryptocheilus is a genus of spider wasps of the subfamily Pepsinae, found in the world's warmer regions. They vary in size from medium to large and are often strikingly coloured. The females construct multicellular nests in cavities, once built each cell is stocked with a spider, captured by the female. They are found in open habitats such as heaths, meadows and forest edges.
There are 24 species of Cryptocheilus known from Europe, 6 from North America and 2 recently described from the Neotropics.[2]
Species
Selected species include[2]
- Cryptocheilus albosignatus Sustera, 1924
- Cryptocheilus alternatus (Lepeletier, 1845)
- Cryptocheilus annulatus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Cryptocheilus attenuatus Banks, 1933
- Cryptocheilus bruneipes Haupt, 1962
- Cryptocheilus discolor (Fabricius, 1793)
- Cryptocheilus dusmeti Junco y Reyes, 1943
- Cryptocheilus egregius (Lepeletier, 1845)
- Cryptocheilus elegans (Spinola, 1806)
- Cryptocheilus fabricii (Vander, Linden 1827)
- Cryptocheilus fischeri (Spinola, 1838)
- Cryptocheilus freygessneri (Kohl, 1883)
- Cryptocheilus fulvicollis (Costa, 1874)
- Cryptocheilus gazella Haupt, 1962
- Cryptocheilus guttulatus (Costa, 1887)
- Cryptocheilus hesperus (Banks, 1915)
- Cryptocheilus hispanicus Sustera, 1924
- Cryptocheilus ichneumonoides (Costa, 1874)
- Cryptocheilus idoneus Banks, 1910
- Cryptocheilus infumatus (Palma, 1869)
- Cryptocheilus juncoi Wahis, 1986
- Cryptocheilus limbatus Haupt, 1962
- Cryptocheilus minimus Priesner, 1966
- Cryptocheilus neotropicalis Cambra & Wahis, 2005
- Cryptocheilus notatus (Rossius, 1792)
- Cryptocheilus octomaculatus (Rossius, 1790)
- Cryptocheilus pallidipennis (Banks, 1912)
- Cryptocheilus perezi (Saunders, 1901)
- Cryptocheilus richardsi Moczar, 1953
- Cryptocheilus rubellus (Eversmann, 1846)
- Cryptocheilus sanguinolentus Haupt, 1962
- Cryptocheilus santosi Cambra & Wahis, 2005
- Cryptocheilus severini Banks, 1926
- Cryptocheilus strigifrons Haupt, 1962
- Cryptocheilus terminatus (Say, 1828)
- Cryptocheilus tredecimmaculatus Haupt, 1962
- Cryptocheilus umbrosus Haupt, 1962
- Cryptocheilus unicolor (Fabricius, 1804)
- Cryptocheilus variabilis (Rossius, 1790)
- Cryptocheilus variipennis Sustera, 1924
- Cryptocheilus versicolor (Scopoli, 1763)
Select species transferred to Heterodontonyx
The classic circumscription of Cryptocheilus was recovered as paraphyletic. Phylogenetic studies have thus split several Australasian species into Heterodontonyx, revived from synonymy under Cryptocheilus.[3][4]
- Heterodontonyx australis Guerin 1830 - Golden Spider Wasp
- Heterodontonyx bicolor (Fabricius, 1775) - Orange Spider Wasp
References
- ^ V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR 25077544.
- ^ a b Cambra R A & Wahis R 2005 New species of Cryptocheilus Panzer from Panama and Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae, Pepsinae) Notes fauniques de Gembloux 56, 3-6
- ^ Wahis, Raymond (2008). "Contribution à la connaissance des Pompilides d'Australie (Hymenoptera : Pompilidae) 2. Sur quelques spécimens récoltés par G. Else (Natural History Museum, London) avec descriptions de deux espèces nouvelles des genres Auplopus et Ctenostegus". Faunistic Entomology – Entomologie faunistique. 61 (1–2): 23–31. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
- ^ Chavoshi Jolfaei, Mahin Sadat (2022). Molecular phylogeny, generic delineation, and historical biogeography of Cryptocheilus Panzer, 1806 and Heterodontonyx Haupt, 1935 with taxonomic revision of Australian species using mitochondrial genes, the ribosomal operon and UCE loci (Thesis). Australian National University. pp. i–xvi, 1–143. doi:10.25911/2RVQ-GH91.