Euparagia

Genus of wasps From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Euparagia is a genus of wasps in the family Vespidae, the only extant genus in the subfamily Euparagiinae.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Vespidae
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Euparagia
Euparagia desertorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Euparagiinae
Genus: Euparagia
Cresson, 1879
Type species
Euparagia scutellaris
Cresson, 1879[1]
Species

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Species

The following species are classified within the genus Euparagia:

  • Euparagia boregoensis Bohart, 1948
  • Euparagia desertorum Bohart, 1948
  • Euparagia maculiceps (Cameron, 1904)
  • Euparagia platiniceps Bohart, 1938
  • Euparagia richardsi Bohart & Krombein 1979
  • Euparagia scutellaris Cresson, 1879
  • Euparagia siccata Bohart, 1988
  • Euparagia timberlakei Bohart, 1948
  • Euparagia unidentata Carpenter & Kimsey, 2009
  • Euparagia yuma Bohart, 1988

Biology

Euparagia wasps are little known and the biology of only one species, Euparagia scutellaris, is known, and the females provision nests in the soil with weevil larvae.[1]

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