Family Evaniidae - Ensign Wasps

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Unknown Long Legged Wasp-like insect - Evania appendigaster

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)

Superfamily Evanioidea (Aulacids, Ensigns, and Gasteruptiids)

Family Evaniidae (Ensign Wasps)

Numbers

According to Nearctica: 11 species in 4 genera.

Size

10-15 mm.

Identification

Black, somewhat spider-like. Abdomen is very small and oval, attached by a slender petiole to the propodeum, considerably above the base of the hind coxae. It is carried almost like a flag (thus the name).

Habitat

Found in buildings or other places where cockroaches occur.

Food

Parasites of the egg capsules of cockroaches.

Print References

Introduction to the Study of Insects (1)

Internet References

Evanioidea Online, keys to North American taxa.

University of Florida

Tree of Life

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 2 April, 2005 - 10:51pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Brad Barnd
Last updated 19 August, 2008 - 5:40pm

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