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Subfamily of wasps

Cleptinae

Cleptes semicyaneus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Chrysididae
Subfamily:	Cleptinae

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.

Genera

Cleptes Latreille, 1802
Cleptidea Mocsáry, 1904
Lustrina Kurian, 1955

References

Kimsey LS, Bohart RM (1991) The chrysidid wasps of the world. Oxford Science Publications, New York.

Further reading

Bohart, R. M.; Kimsey, L. S. (1982). A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Vol. 33. American Entomological Institute. pp. 1–266. OL 10767294W.

Taxon identifiers
Cleptinae	Wikidata: Q936178 Wikispecies: Cleptinae BugGuide: 165348 Fauna Europaea: 79228 Fauna Europaea (new): 3f5122fe-e760-403e-aa12-c9b4b2e2e510 NBN: NHMSYS0000875684 NCBI: 212576 Open Tree of Life: 846498 Paleobiology Database: 278720

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