Species Prosevania fuscipes

[Ensign?] Wasp ID Request - Prosevania fuscipes

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 Evanioidea (Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps)

Family Evaniidae (Ensign Wasps)

Genus Prosevania

Species fuscipes (Prosevania fuscipes)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Prosevania punctata (Brullé, 1832)

Explanation of Names

Prosevania fuscipes (Illiger, 1807)

Identification

Range

MA to OH, NC, and GA(1)

Food

It oviposits on cockroach egg cases of Blatta orientalis (Oriental cockroach) and Periplaneta americana ("American" cockroach, introduced from Africa)(1)(2)

Remarks

Introduced from Africa.

Native to the Mediterranean.(2)

Internet References

Waspweb

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.

2.	The Nearctic Species of Evaniidae (Hymenoptera) Townes, H. 1949. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 99 (3253):525–539.

Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 15 April, 2021 - 6:25am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, bdagley
Last updated 25 September, 2021 - 11:30pm

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