Cryptus

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

{{For|the genus of sawflies described by Jurine, 1801|Arge (sawfly)}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|37.2|Present}}

| image = Cryptus armator (18804656862).jpg

| image_caption = Cryptus armator, in Søborg, Denmark, 2015

| taxon = Cryptus

| authority = Fabricius, 1804J. C. Fabricius. 1804. Systema Piezatorum Secundum Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus 1-439

| subdivision = Several, including:

• Cryptus armator Fabricius, 1804

; fossil species

• †Cryptus antiquus
• †Cryptus capitatus
• †Cryptus delineatus
• †Cryptus morleyi
• †Cryptus sepultus

| synonyms = * Itamoplex Förster, 1869

• Plesiocryptus Cameron, 1903
• Eucryptus Haldeman, 1842

}}

Cryptus is a large genus of wasps in the family Ichneumonidae with 182 described species.{{Cite web|url=https://hol.osu.edu/index.html?id=1311|title=Hymeoptera Online (HOL)|website=Hymenoptera Online (HOL)|access-date=July 18, 2018}}

File:Cryptus albitarsis female.jpg, female]]