Cryptocheilus discolor

Cryptocheilus discolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Pompilidae
Genus:	Cryptocheilus
Species:	C. discolor
Binomial name
	Cryptocheilus discolor; (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
	Cryptocheilus eatoni (Saunders, 1901) ; (Fabricius) Saunders, 1901 ; Fabricius, 1804 Priocnemis graellssi; Cryptochilus luteipennis Guerin ; Cryptochilus discolor (Fabricius, 1804) ; Costa, 1874 Salius discolor; Pompilus graellsii Fabricius ; Cryptocheilus luteipennis (Fabricius, 1793) ; Guérin, 1843 Smith, 1855 ; Sphex discolor Pompilus grohmanni; Fabricius, 1793 Cryptochilus eatoni; Spinola, 1808 Salius dissimilis; Priocnemis nigriventris Pompilus luteipennis;

Cryptocheilus discolor is a species of pepsid spider wasp which is found in the Mediterranean Basin and the Middle East.

Distribution

From Iberia^[2] and Morocco east through the Mediterranean Basin to Iran and Central Asia.^[3]

Apparently little known, has been recorded feeding on the flowers of Mentha pulegium.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

This Apocrita-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.