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 related sand wasp genus, Ammophila, but they have a much shorter petiole, and the abdomen is slightly stronger.
The females lay their nests in the sand. They normally incubate in large, hairless caterpillars of moths in the family Noctuidae.
Species
This genus includes 67 described species:
- Podalonia affinis <small>(W. Kirby, 1798)</small>
- Podalonia afghanica <small>Balthasar, 1957</small>
- Podalonia albohirsuta <small>(Tsuneki, 1971)</small>
- Podalonia alpina <small>(Kohl, 1888)</small>
- Podalonia altaiensis <small>(Tsuneki, 1971)</small>
- Podalonia andrei <small>(F. Morawitz, 1889)</small>
- Podalonia arcuaticlypeata <small>Wang & Ma, 2016</small>
- Podalonia argentifrons <small>(Cresson, 1865)</small>
- Podalonia argentipilis <small>(Provancher, 1887)</small>
- Podalonia asiatica <small>Danilov, 2017</small>
- Podalonia aspera <small>(Christ, 1791)</small>
- Podalonia atriceps <small>(F. Smith, 1856)</small>
- Podalonia atrocyanea <small>(Eversmann, 1849)</small>
- Podalonia bicellularis <small>Wang &d Ma, 2016</small>
- Podalonia caerulea <small>Murray, 1940</small>
- Podalonia canescens <small>(Dahlbom, 1843)</small>
- Podalonia caucasica <small>(Mocsáry, 1883)</small>
- Podalonia chalybea <small>(Kohl, 1906)</small>
- Podalonia clypeata <small>Murray, 1940</small>
- Podalonia compacta <small>Fernald, 1927</small>
- Podalonia dispar <small>(Taschenberg, 1869)</small>
- Podalonia ebenina <small>(Spinola, 1839)</small>
- Podalonia erythropus <small>(F. Smith, 1856)</small>
- Podalonia fera <small>(Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)</small>
- Podalonia flavida <small>(Kohl, 1901)</small>
- Podalonia gobiensis <small>(Tsuneki, 1971)</small>
- Podalonia gulussa <small>(Morice, 1900)</small>
- Podalonia gussakovskii <small>Danilov, 2017</small>
- Podalonia harveyi <small>(de Beaumont, 1967)</small>
- Podalonia hirsuta <small>(Scopoli, 1763)</small>
- Podalonia hirsutaffinis <small>(Tsuneki, 1971)</small>
- Podalonia hirticeps <small>(Cameron, 1889)</small>
- Podalonia kansuana <small>Li & Yang, 1992</small>
- Podalonia kaszabi <small>(Tsuneki, 1971)</small>
- Podalonia kazenasi <small>Danilov, 2017</small>
- Podalonia kozlovii <small>(Kohl, 1906)</small>
- Podalonia leleji <small>Danilov & Mokrousov, 2016</small>
- Podalonia luctuosa <small>(F. Smith, 1856)</small>
- Podalonia luffii <small>(E. Saunders, 1903)</small>
- Podalonia marismortui <small>(Bytinski-Salz, 1955)</small>
- Podalonia mauritanica <small>(Mercet, 1906)</small>
- Podalonia melaena <small>Murray, 1940</small>
- Podalonia mexicana <small>(de Saussure, 1867)</small>
- Podalonia mickeli <small>Murray, 1940</small>
- Podalonia minax <small>(Kohl, 1901)</small>
- Podalonia moczari <small>(Tsuneki, 1971)</small>
- Podalonia montana <small>(Cameron, 1888)</small>
- Podalonia nazarovae <small>Danilov, 2017</small>
- Podalonia nigrohirta <small>(Kohl, 1888)</small>
- Podalonia occidentalis <small>Murray, 1940</small>
- Podalonia parallela <small>Murray, 1940</small>
- Podalonia parvula <small>Li & Yang, 1992</small>
- Podalonia pilosa <small>Li & Yang, 1995</small>
- Podalonia pubescens <small>Murray, 1940</small>
- Podalonia pulawskii <small>Dulfuss, 2010</small>
- Podalonia puncta <small>Murray, 1940</small>
- Podalonia pungens <small>(Kohl, 1901)</small>
- Podalonia robusta <small>(Cresson, 1865)</small>
- Podalonia schmiedeknechti <small>(Kohl, 1898)</small>
- Podalonia sericea <small>Murray, 1940</small>
- Podalonia sheffieldi <small>(R. Turner, 1918)</small>
- Podalonia sonorensis <small>(Cameron, 1888)</small>
- Podalonia turcestanica <small>Dalla Torre, 1897</small>
- Podalonia tydei <small>(Le Guillou, 1841)</small>
- Podalonia valida <small>(Cresson, 1865)</small>
- Podalonia violaceipennis <small>(Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)</small>
- Podalonia yunnana <small>Li & Yang, 1992</small>
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