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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Torymidae » Podagrioninae » Podagrion

Genus Podagrion

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Works Cited
Chalcid wasp - Podagrion - female Chalcid wasp - Podagrion - female Toryminae - Podagrion - female Podagrion? - Podagrion - female Small wasp laying eggs in mantis egg case - Podagrion - female mini wasp - Podagrion Male, Podagrion? - Podagrion - male image 2 - Podagrion - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Torymidae
Subfamily Podagrioninae
Genus Podagrion
Explanation of Names
Podagrion Spinola 1811
Greek podagra (ποδαγρα) 'gout' (refers to the swollen hind legs)
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, ~100 spp. worldwide(1)
Food
Mantid egg cases
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 9 January, 2008 - 4:31pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, Bob Carlson, metrioptera
Last updated 10 May, 2018 - 11:26am

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