Cryptocheilus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Pompiloidea

Familia: Pompilidae
Subfamilia: Pepsinae
Tribus: Pepsini
Genus: Cryptocheilus
Subgenera: Adonta - Chyphonocheilus - Cryptocheilus - Ichneumocheilus
Overview of species

C. alternatus –
C. australis –
C. bicolor
...

overview of species fossiles

†C. hypogaeus
Cockerell 1914 (spider wasp)
†C. dubius
Piton & Nicolas Théobald 1939 (spider wasp)

Name

Cryptocheilus Panzer, 1806
Synonyms

Calicurgus Brullé 1833
Ceratocnemis Wolf, 1960
Chlorocheilus Wolf, 1965

References

Panzer, G.W.F. 1806. Entomologischer versuch die jürineschen gattungen der Linnéschen hymenoptern nach dem Fabrisziuschen system zu prüfen: im bezug auf die in der … Reference page.

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Cryptocheilus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Cryptocheilus – Taxon details on BugGuide.
Cryptocheilus – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.

Cryptocheilus discolor

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 australis (Guerin, 1830) Golden Spider Wasp
Cryptocheilus bicolor (Fabricius, 1775) Orange Spider Wasp
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)
Cryptocheilus tredecimmaculatus Haupt, 1962
Cryptocheilus umbrosus Haupt, 1962
Cryptocheilus unicolor (Fabricius, 1804)
Cryptocheilus variabilis (Rossius, 1790)
Cryptocheilus variipennis Sustera, 1924
Cryptocheilus versicolor (Scopoli, 1763)

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.
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