| Cleptinae | |
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| Cleptes semicyaneus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.[1]
- ^ Kimsey LS, Bohart RM (1991) The chrysidid wasps of the world. Oxford Science Publications, New York.