Podalonia Explained

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 wasps (Ammophila), but they have a much shorter petiole and the abdomen is slightly stronger.^[3] 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).

Species

This genus includes about 66 species:^[4]

• 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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id236076/ Biolib
2. Web site: Fauna europaea . 2015-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143646/http://fauna.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/full_results.php?id=196171 . 2015-12-22 . dead .
3. Book: Richard M. Bohart. Richard Mitchell Bohart. Arnold S. Menke. Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision. 1 January 1976. University of California Press. 978-0-520-02318-5.
4. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/podalonia/match/1 Catalogue of life