Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Apocrita Rank Subfamily | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenoptera Superfamily Vespoidea | |
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The Ctenocerinae are a subfamily of spider wasps, Pompilidae, which contains a small number of genera, two in the Neotropics, four in Australia and the remainder in Africa. Ctenocerine wasps have evidently evolved from a common ancestor with the Pepsinae, but are specialized for preying upon trap-door spiders (Ctenizidae).
The genera in the Ctenocerinae include:
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