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Podalonia

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Podalonia
Podalonia species
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Podalonia tydei (Le Guillou, 1841)

Species

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This genus includes about 66 species:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ "Fauna europaea". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  3. ^ a b Richard M. Bohart; Richard Mitchell Bohart; Arnold S. Menke (1 January 1976). Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02318-5.
  4. ^ Catalogue of life