Euparagia
| Euparagia | |
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| Euparagia desertorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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Euparagia is a genus of wasps in the family Vespidae, the only extant genus in the subfamily Euparagiinae.
Species
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b James M. Carpenter and Lynn S. Kimsey (2009). "The Genus Euparagia Cresson, 1879 (Hymenoptera: Vespinae; Euparagiinae)". American Museum Novitates (3643): 1–11.