Cleptes

Cleptes is a genus of cuckoo wasps in the subfamily Cleptinae. The genus contains 100 recognized species, making it the largest genus in the subfamily.^[2]

Cleptes
Cleptes semiauratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Chrysididae
Subfamily:	Cleptinae
Genus:	Cleptes Latreille, 1802[1]
Species
Several, including: Cleptes semicyaneus Cleptes striatipleuris
Synonyms
Chrysocleptes (Moczar, 1962) Holcocleptes (Moczar, 1962) Leiocleptes (Moczar, 1962) Melanocleptes (Moczar, 1962) Neocleptes (Kimsey, 1981) Oxycleptes (Moczar, 1962) Zimmermannia (Moczar, 1962)

Morphology

Members of the genus can be distinguished from related genera due to their smaller eyes, head as wide as long, and tarsal claws with only one perpendicular submedial tooth.^[3]