(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Pompiloidea; Family: Pompilidae; Subfamily: Ceropalinae; Genus: Ceropales)
Ceropales karooensis waltoni Arnold, 1959. Type in Iziko South African Museum (SAMC). Type locality: Mamathes (Lesotho).
South Africa.
Kleptoparasites of other Pompilidae and to a lesser extent Sphecidae, stealing their spider prey.
Arnold, G. 1959. New species of African Hymenoptera No. 14. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia No. 23B:316-339.
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