Irenangelus
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| Irenangelus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pompilidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceropalinae |
| Genus: | Irenangelus Schulz, 1906[1] |
| Type species | |
| Irenangelus hornus | |
Irenangelus is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps in the subfamily Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae. The genus has a pantropical distribution, occurring in the Oriental, Neotropical, Australian, eastern Palearctic, and Madagascan zoogeographic regions, with the highest diversity found in the Neotropics.[3]
Irenangelus is closely related to the more widespread genus Ceropales, with both forming a monophyletic subfamily, Ceropalinae, within the Pompilidae.[3] This subfamily is the sister group to the subfamily Notocyphinae.[4] Current research suggests that Ceropalinae and other pompilids evolved from a common ectoparasitoid ancestor.[3]