Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA 1221 

 Genus CLEPTES Latrcillc 

 Genus CLEPTES Subgenus CLEPTES Latreille 



Cleptes Latreille, 1802. Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. 3: 316. 



Type-species: Sphex semiaurata Linnaeus. Monotypic. 

 semiauratus (Linnaeus). New Jersey (Metuchen); Europe. Adventive from Europe. Host: 

 Pristiphora sp., Nematus spp., Pachynematus spp. in Europe. 

 Sphex semiaurata Linnaeus, 1761. Fauna Suec, Ed. 2, p. 413. i. 



Biology: Gauss, 1964. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 54: 225-232, figs. 1-4 (life history, European 

 hosts). 



Genus CLEPTES Subgenus LEIOCLEPTES Moczar 



Cleptes subg. Leiocleptes Moczar, 1962. Acta. ZooL, Acad. Sci. Hungaricae 8: 118. 

 Type-species: Cleptes nitidulus Fabr. Orig. desig. 



alienus Patton. Mont., Wye. 



Cleptes aliena Patton, 1879. Canad. Ent. 11: 66. 9. 



blaisdelli Bridwell. Calif. 



Cleptes blaisdelli Bridwell, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4: 37. 6. 



insperatus Aaron. Mont. 



Cleptes insperata Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 212. 9. 



Genus CLEPTES Subgenus MELANOCLEPTES Moczar 



Cleptes subg. Melanocleptes Moczar, 1962. Acta ZooL, Acad. Sci. Hungaricae 8: 121. 

 Type-species: Cleptes morawitzi Rad. Orig. desig. 

 provancheri Aaron. Canada, "Wash. Ter.", Idaho, Colo. Host: Neodiprion sp. near scutellatus 

 Rohw. 

 Cleptes americana Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 304. 9. Preocc. 

 Cleptes Provancheri Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 212. N. name. 



Biology: Smith, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 189. 

 purpuratus Cresson. Wash., Oreg., Calif., Colo., Nev. Host: Neodiprion sp. in fulviceps 

 complex, N. sp. 

 Cleptes piirpurata Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: Proc, p. x. 9. 

 Cleptes Americana Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: Proc, p. x. i, 9. 



Biology: Dahlsten, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 192-193. — Dahlsten, 1967. Ecology 48: 287. 

 speciosus Aaron. Mont. 



Cleptes speciosa Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 212. 9 . 



Subfamily AMISEGINAE 



Members of this subfamily are parasitic in the eggs of walking sticks. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1957. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 82: 147-215, 4 pis. (generic 

 reclassification of world fauna). 



Genus MESITIOPTERUS Ashmead 



Mesitioptenis Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 231. 



Type-species: Mesitioptenis Kahlii Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



floridensis Krombein. Fla. (Gainesville). 



Mesitioptenis floridensis Krombein, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 28, fig. 6. <?, 9. 

 kahlii Ashmead. N. Y. south to N. C, Wis., Minn., Kans., Ariz. Host: Diapheroinera femorata 

 Say, eggs. 



Mesitioptenis Kahlii Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 231. i. 



Biology: Milliron, 1950. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 52: 47. 



