''Euparagia'' is a
genus
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of wasps in the family
Vespidae
The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as '' Polistes fuscatus'', '' Vespa orientalis'', and ''Vespula germanica'') and many solitary wasps. Eac ...
, the only extant genus in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Euparagiinae
The Euparagiinae are a small subfamily of rare wasps in the family Vespidae containing a single extant genus '' Euparagia''. The group had a cosmopolitan distribution in past geological times extending back to the Early Cretaceous, but is now a ...
.
Species
The following species are classified within the genus ''Euparagia'':
* ''
Euparagia boregoensis''
Bohart, 1948
* ''
Euparagia desertorum''
Bohart, 1948
* ''
Euparagia maculiceps
''Euparagia'' is a genus of wasps in the family Vespidae, the only extant genus in the subfamily Euparagiinae.
Species
The following species are classified within the genus ''Euparagia'':
* ''Euparagia boregoensis'' Richard M. Bohart, Bohart, 1 ...
''
(Cameron
Cameron may refer to:
People
* Clan Cameron, a Scottish clan
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;Mononym
* Cam'ron (born 19 ...
, 1904)
* ''
Euparagia platiniceps''
Bohart, 1938
* ''
Euparagia richardsi''
Bohart & Krombein 1979
* ''
Euparagia scutellaris''
Cresson, 1879
* ''
Euparagia siccata''
Bohart, 1988
* ''
Euparagia timberlakei''
Bohart, 1948
* ''
Euparagia unidentata''
Carpenter
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& Kimsey, 2009
* ''
Euparagia yuma''
Bohart, 1988
Biology
''Euparagia'' wasps are little known and the biology of only one species, ''Euparagia scutellaris'', is known, and the females provision nests in the soil with
weevil
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larva
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References
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Vespidae
Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson
Hymenoptera genera