Podalonia | |
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Podalonia species | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Sphecidae |
Subfamily: | Ammophilinae |
Genus: |
Podalonia Fernald, 1927 |
Type species | |
Podalonia violaceipennis (
Lepeletier, 1845)
|
Podalonia is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. [1]
The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. [2] These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ( Ammophila), but they have a much shorter petiole and the abdomen is slightly stronger. [3] The thorax bears a small white patch. [ citation needed]
The females lay their nests in the sand. They normally incubate in large, hairless caterpillars of moths ( Noctuidae). [3]
This genus includes about 66 species: [4]
Podalonia | |
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Podalonia species | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Sphecidae |
Subfamily: | Ammophilinae |
Genus: |
Podalonia Fernald, 1927 |
Type species | |
Podalonia violaceipennis (
Lepeletier, 1845)
|
Podalonia is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. [1]
The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. [2] These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ( Ammophila), but they have a much shorter petiole and the abdomen is slightly stronger. [3] The thorax bears a small white patch. [ citation needed]
The females lay their nests in the sand. They normally incubate in large, hairless caterpillars of moths ( Noctuidae). [3]
This genus includes about 66 species: [4]