Podalonia

Podalonia
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.

The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America. These wasps are similar to the 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).

This genus includes about 66 species:

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