Euparagia

Euparagia
Euparagia desertorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Euparagiinae
Genus: Euparagia
Cresson, 1879
Type species
Euparagia scutellaris
Cresson, 1879
Species

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Euparagia is a genus of wasps in the family Vespidae, the only extant genus in the subfamily Euparagiinae.

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Euparagia:

Biology

Euparagia wasps are little known and the biology of only one species, Euparagia scutellaris, is known, and the females provision nests in the soil with weevil larvae.

References

  1. 1 2 James M. Carpenter and Lynn S. Kimsey (2009). "The Genus Euparagia Cresson, 1879 (Hymenoptera: Vespinae; Euparagiinae)". American Museum Novitates (3643): 1–11.