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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sceliphrinae » Podiini » Podium

Genus Podium

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Thread-waisted Wasp - Podium rufipes - male Red-legged Dasher #1 - Podium rufipes Red-legged Dasher #3 - Podium rufipes Wasp - Podium luctuosum Unknown Wasp - Podium luctuosum - male Unknown Wasp - Podium luctuosum - male Unknown Wasp - Podium luctuosum - male Red-legged, black wasp and black/tan striped beetle prey need id - Podium rufipes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps)
Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
Subfamily Sceliphrinae
Tribe Podiini
Genus Podium
Explanation of Names
Podium Fabricius 1804
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1), 23 total(2)
Identification
key to spp. in (3)
Range
New World, mostly Neotropical(2)
Food
Provisions nests with cockroaches, adults or nymphs(4)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
3.A reclassification of the Sphecinae with a revision of the Nearctic species of the tribes Sceliphronini and Sphecini
Bohart RM and Menke AS. 1963. University of California Publications in Entomology 30:91-182.
4.Trap-nesting wasps and bees: life histories, nests, and associates
Krombein K.V. 1967. Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC. vi+570 pp.
Contributed by George Waldren on 19 December, 2007 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 11 May, 2023 - 5:03pm

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