Ceropales is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps from the sub-family Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae. They are characterised by the taking of the spider prey of other solitary wasps, mainly Pompilidae but members of the Sphecidae that provision with spider prey are sometimes also hosts. In some languages their name translates into English as "cuckoo spider wasp".
Species
Species within Ceropales include
- Ceropales africana <small>Moczar, 1989</small>
- Ceropales albicincta <small>(Rossi, 1790)</small>
- Ceropales bipunctata <small>Say, 1824</small>
- Ceropales brevicornis <small>Patton, 1879</small>
- Ceropales cubensis <small>Cresson, 1865</small>
- Ceropales elegans <small>Cresson, 1872</small>
- Ceropales femoralis <small>Cresson, 1869</small>
- Ceropales fulvipes <small>Cresson, 1872</small>
- Ceropales hatoda <small>Brimley, 1928</small>
- Ceropales karooensis <small>Arnold, 1937</small>
- Ceropales kriechbaumeri <small>Magretti, 1884</small>
- Ceropales latifasciatus <small>Arnold, 1937</small>
- Ceropales ligea <small>Bingham 1903</small>
- Ceropales longipes <small>Smith, 1855</small>
- Ceropales longisulcata <small>Lu & Li, 2019</small>
- Ceropales maculata <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Ceropales neomexicana <small>Rohwer, 1915</small>
- Ceropales nigripes <small>Cresson, 1867</small>
- Ceropales pacifica <small>Townes, 1957</small>
- Ceropales pictus <small>Shuck, 1837</small>
- Ceropales punctulatus <small>Cameron, 1904</small>
- Ceropales pygmaeus <small>Kohl, 1879</small>
- Ceropales robni <small>Cresson, 1867</small>
- Ceropales rugata <small>Townes, 1957</small>
- Ceropales scobiniferus <small>Arnold, 1937</small>
- Ceropales variegata <small>(Fabricius, 1798)</small>
- Ceropales variolosus <small>Arnold, 1937</small>
- Ceropales yunnanensis <small>Lu & Li, 2019</small>
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