Euparagia
Euparagia is a genus of wasps in the family Vespidae, the only extant genus in the subfamily Euparagiinae.
| Euparagia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Euparagiinae |
| Genus: | Euparagia Cresson, 1879 |
| Type species | |
| Euparagia scutellaris Cresson, 1879[1] | |
| Species | |
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Species
The following species are classified within the genus Euparagia:
- Euparagia boregoensis Bohart, 1948
- Euparagia desertorum Bohart, 1948
- Euparagia maculiceps (Cameron, 1904)
- Euparagia platiniceps Bohart, 1938
- Euparagia richardsi Bohart & Krombein 1979
- Euparagia scutellaris Cresson, 1879
- Euparagia siccata Bohart, 1988
- Euparagia timberlakei Bohart, 1948
- Euparagia unidentata Carpenter & Kimsey, 2009
- Euparagia yuma Bohart, 1988
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.[1]
References
- James M. Carpenter and Lynn S. Kimsey (2009). "The Genus Euparagia Cresson, 1879 (Hymenoptera: Vespinae; Euparagiinae)". American Museum Novitates (3643): 1–11.
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