''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 (

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Specimen of Podalonia tydei (Le Guillou, 1841)

Species

This genus includes about 66

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:Catalogue of life
/ref> *'' Podalonia affinis'' (W. Kirby, 1798) *'' Podalonia afghanica'' Balthasar, 1957 *'' Podalonia albohirsuta'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *'' Podalonia alpina'' (Kohl, 1888) *'' Podalonia altaiensis'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *'' Podalonia andrei'' (F. Morawitz, 1889) *'' Podalonia argentifrons'' (Cresson, 1865) *'' Podalonia argentipilis'' (Provancher, 1887) *'' Podalonia aspera'' (Christ, 1791) *'' Podalonia atriceps'' (F. Smith, 1856) *'' Podalonia atrocyanea'' (Eversmann, 1849) *'' Podalonia caerulea'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia canescens'' (Dahlbom, 1843) *'' Podalonia caucasica'' (Mocsáry, 1883) *'' Podalonia chalybea'' (Kohl, 1906) *'' Podalonia clypeata'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia compacta'' Fernald, 1927 *'' Podalonia dispar'' (Taschenberg, 1869) *'' Podalonia ebenina'' (Spinola, 1839) *'' Podalonia erythropus'' (F. Smith, 1856) *'' Podalonia fera'' (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845) *'' Podalonia flavida'' (Kohl, 1901) *'' Podalonia gobiensis'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *'' Podalonia gulussa'' (Morice, 1900) *'' Podalonia harveyi'' (de Beaumont, 1967) *'' Podalonia hirsuta'' (Scopoli, 1763) *'' Podalonia hirsutaffinis'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *'' Podalonia hirticeps'' (Cameron, 1889) *'' Podalonia kansuana'' Li & Yang, 1992 *'' Podalonia kaszabi'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *'' Podalonia kozlovii'' (Kohl, 1906) *'' Podalonia luctuosa'' (F. Smith, 1856) *'' Podalonia luffii'' (E. Saunders, 1903) *'' Podalonia marismortui'' (Bytinski-Salz, 1955) *'' Podalonia mauritanica'' (Mercet, 1906) *'' Podalonia melaena'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia mexicana'' (de Saussure, 1867) *'' Podalonia mickeli'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia minax'' (Kohl, 1901) *'' Podalonia moczari'' (Tsuneki, 1971) *'' Podalonia montana'' (Cameron, 1888) *'' Podalonia nigrohirta'' (Kohl, 1888) *'' Podalonia occidentalis'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia parallela'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia parvula'' Li & Yang, 1992 *'' Podalonia pilosa'' Li & Yang, 1995 *'' Podalonia pubescens'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia pulawkii'' Dulfuss, 2010 *'' Podalonia puncta'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia pungens'' (Kohl, 1901) *'' Podalonia robusta'' (Cresson, 1865) *'' Podalonia rothi'' (de Beaumont, 1951) *'' Podalonia schmiedeknechti'' (Kohl, 1898) *'' Podalonia sericea'' Murray, 1940 *'' Podalonia sheffieldi'' (R. Turner, 1918) *'' Podalonia sonorensis'' (Cameron, 1888) *'' Podalonia tydei'' (Le Guillou, 1841) *'' Podalonia valida'' (Cresson, 1865) *'' Podalonia violaceipennis'' (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845) *'' Podalonia yunnana'' Li & Yang, 1992

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1794483 Sphecidae