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Podalonia
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Podalonia is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilySphecidae
Observations recorded22,033

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
938
With media
30
Family
Sphecidae
Collections
DBG, ASU, UMNH, DUGWAY, MNA, UCSB
Recorded in
United States

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Encyclopedic overview

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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 wasp genus, Ammophila, but they have a much shorter petiole, and the abdomen is slightly stronger.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Podalonia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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