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Ensign Wasps
Evaniidae
Evaniidae is a family of parasitoid wasps also known as ensign wasps, nightshade wasps, or hatchet wasps. They have a short abdomen and the gaster is often moved up and down as they walk giving rise to the common names. There are around 20 extant genera with over 400 described species, and are found all over the world except in the polar regions. The larvae of these solitary wasps are considered as egg predators develop inside the egg-cases, or oothecae, of their cockroach hosts.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Evania
genusEvania
Prosevania
genusProsevania
Hyptiini
tribeHyptiini
Szepligetella
genusSzepligetella
Evaniella
genusEvaniella
Brachygaster
genusBrachygaster
Zeuxevania
genusZeuxevania
Thaumatevania
genusThaumatevania
Trissevaniini
tribeTrissevaniini
Alobevania
genusAlobevania
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 199595.