Podalonia
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| Podalonia | |
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| Podalonia species | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 wasp genus, Ammophila, but they have a much shorter petiole, and the abdomen is slightly stronger.[3]
The females lay their nests in the sand. They normally incubate in large, hairless caterpillars of moths in the family Noctuidae.[3]
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