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Ensign wasp

Prosevania fuscipes

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Evaniidae

Evaniidae is a family of parasitoid wasps also known as ensign wasps, nightshade wasps, hatchet wasps, or cockroach egg parasitoid wasps. They number around 20 extant genera containing over 400 described species, and are found all over the world except in the polar regions. The larvae of these solitary wasps are parasitoids that feed on cockroaches and develop inside the egg-cases, or oothecae, of their hosts.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 16Italy · 7France · 1