Podalonia | |
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Podalonia species | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
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 Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps.
The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. [2] These wasps are similar to the sand wasps ( Ammophila ), but they have a much shorter petiole and the abdomen is slightly stronger. The thorax bears a small white patch.
Ammophila is the type genus of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the hunting wasp family Sphecidae. Ammophila is a large and cosmopolitan genus, with over 200 species, mostly occurring in the warmer regions of all continents apart from Antarctica.
In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, and wasps in the order Apocrita.
The females lay their nests in the sand. They normally incubate in large, hairless caterpillars of moths (Noctuidae).
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other families of the Noctuoidea. It was considered the largest family in Lepidoptera for a long time, but after regrouping Lymantriinae, Catocalinae and Calpinae within the family Erebidae, the latter holds this title now. Currently, Noctuidae is the second largest family in Noctuoidea, with about 1,089 genera and 11,772 species. However, this classification is still contingent, as more changes continue to appear between Noctuidae and Erebidae.
This genus includes about 66 species: [3]
Podalonia argentifrons is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Podalonia hirsuta is a species of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae.
Podalonia luctuosa is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Wasps of the genus Sphex are cosmopolitan predators that sting and paralyze prey insects. Sphex is one of many genera in the old digger wasp family Sphecidae, though most apart from the Sphecinae have now been moved to the family Crabronidae. There are over 130 known Sphex species.
Pison is a cosmopolitan genus of wasps within the family Crabronidae. The genus comprises 145 described species, although many species, especially in South America remain undescribed.
Chalybion is a genus of blue mud dauber wasps in the family Sphecidae.
Chlorion is a genus of Hymenoptera of the Sphecidae family of wasps.
Gorytes is a genus of sand wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are at least 70 described species in Gorytes.
Prionyx is a genus of wasps in the Sphecidae family. They're known to hunt and feed on grasshoppers.
Crabro is a genus of square-headed wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae. There are at least 80 described species in Crabro, found in the Nearctic and Palaearctic (Holarctic).
Trypoxylon is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. All Trypoxylon species that have been studied feed mostly on paralyzed spiders. Depending on the species, they will either construct their own nest from mud or find cavities that already exist. These cavities can range from keyholes to nail holes to previously abandoned nests, and are generally sealed with mud to create cells for their larvae.
Hoplisoides is a genus of sand wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are at least 70 described species in Hoplisoides.
Palmodes is a genus of thread-waisted wasps in the family Sphecidae. There are at least 20 described species in Palmodes.
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