Cephus

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Cephus
Cephus cinctus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cephidae
Genus:	Cephus Latreille, 1802

Cephus is a genus of insects belonging to the family Cephidae.

The genus was first described by Latreille in 1802.

The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Cephus:

• Cephus berytensis (Pic, 1916)
• Cephus brachycercus Thomson, 1871
• Cephus cinctus Norton
• Cephus citriniventris Pic, 1917
• Cephus daghestanicus (Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1931)
• Cephus excisus (Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1931)
• Cephus fumipennis Eversmann, 1847
• Cephus gaullei Konow, 1896
• Cephus gracilicornis Konow, 1896
• Cephus gracilis Costa, 1860
• Cephus infuscatus Thomson, 1871
• Cephus lateralis Konow, 1894
• Cephus luteonotatus Pic, 1918
• Cephus maroccanus Lacourt, 1995
• Cephus nigricarpus André, 1881
• Cephus nigrinus Thomson, 1871
• Cephus notatus Kokujev, 1910
• Cephus obscuriventris Pic, 1918
• Cephus parvus (Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1931)
• Cephus politissimus Costa, 1888
• Cephus pseudopilosulus Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1926
• Cephus pulcher Tischbein, 1852
• Cephus pygmeus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Cephus rjabovi Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1926
• Cephus runcator Konow, 1896
• Cephus sareptanus Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1928
• Cephus spinipes (Panzer, 1800)
• Cephus zahaikevitshi (Ermolenko, 1971)