''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family

Sphecidae The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be p ...

. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole and the abdomen is slightly stronger. The thorax bears a small white patch. 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 a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

Specimen of Podalonia tydei (Le Guillou, 1841)

Species

This genus includes about 66 species:Catalogue of life
/ref> *'' Podalonia affinis'' (W. Kirby, 1798) *'' Podalonia afghanica'' Balthasar, 1957 *'' Podalonia albohirsuta'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *'' Podalonia alpina'' (Kohl, 1888) *''

Podalonia altaiensis ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *''

Podalonia andrei ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (F. Morawitz, 1889) *'' Podalonia argentifrons'' (Cresson, 1865) *'' Podalonia argentipilis'' (Provancher, 1887) *''

Podalonia aspera ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Christ, 1791) *''

Podalonia atriceps ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (F. Smith, 1856) *''

Podalonia atrocyanea ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Eversmann, 1849) *'' Podalonia caerulea'' Murray, 1940 *''

Podalonia canescens ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Dahlbom, 1843) *''

Podalonia caucasica ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Mocsáry, 1883) *''

Podalonia chalybea ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Kohl, 1906) *''

Podalonia clypeata ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' Murray, 1940 *''

Podalonia compacta ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' Fernald, 1927 *''

Podalonia dispar ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Taschenberg, 1869) *''

Podalonia ebenina ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Spinola, 1839) *''

Podalonia erythropus ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (F. Smith, 1856) *''

Podalonia fera ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845) *''

Podalonia flavida ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Kohl, 1901) *''

Podalonia gobiensis ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *'' Podalonia gulussa'' (Morice, 1900) *''

Podalonia harveyi ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (de Beaumont, 1967) *''

Podalonia hirsuta ''Podalonia hirsuta'' is a species of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. Subspecies * ''Podalonia hirsuta hirsuta'' (Scopoli, 1763) * ''Podalonia hirsuta mervensis'' (Radoszkowski, 1887) Description ''Podalonia hirsuta'' is similar t ...

'' (Scopoli, 1763) *''

Podalonia hirsutaffinis ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *''

Podalonia hirticeps ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Cameron, 1889) *''

Podalonia kansuana ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' Li & Yang, 1992 *''

Podalonia kaszabi ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *''

Podalonia kozlovii ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Kohl, 1906) *'' Podalonia luctuosa'' (F. Smith, 1856) *''

Podalonia luffii ''Podalonia luffii'' is a species of insect belonging to the family Sphecidae The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Spheci ...

'' (E. Saunders, 1903) *'' Podalonia marismortui'' (Bytinski-Salz, 1955) *'' Podalonia mauritanica'' (Mercet, 1906) *'' Podalonia melaena'' Murray, 1940 *''

Podalonia mexicana ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (de Saussure, 1867) *'' Podalonia mickeli'' Murray, 1940 *''

Podalonia minax ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Kohl, 1901) *''

Podalonia moczari ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *'' Podalonia montana'' (Cameron, 1888) *'' Podalonia nigrohirta'' (Kohl, 1888) *'' Podalonia occidentalis'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia parallela'' Murray, 1940 *''

Podalonia parvula ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' Li & Yang, 1992 *'' Podalonia pilosa'' Li & Yang, 1995 *''

Podalonia pubescens ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia pulawkii'' Dulfuss, 2010 *''

Podalonia puncta ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' Murray, 1940 *''

Podalonia pungens ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Kohl, 1901) *''

Podalonia robusta ''Podalonia robusta'' is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sp ...

'' (Cresson, 1865) *''

Podalonia rothi ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (de Beaumont, 1951) *''

Podalonia schmiedeknechti ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Kohl, 1898) *''

Podalonia sericea ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' Murray, 1940 *''

Podalonia sheffieldi ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (R. Turner, 1918) *''

Podalonia sonorensis ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps (''Ammophila (wasp), Ammophila''), but they have a much ...

'' (Cameron, 1888) *''

Podalonia tydei ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Le Guillou, 1841) *''

Podalonia valida ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Cresson, 1865) *''

Podalonia violaceipennis ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845) *''

Podalonia yunnana ''Podalonia'' is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the related sand wasps ('' Ammophila''), but they have a much shorter petiole ...

'' Li & Yang, 1992

References

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