Eragenia
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| Eragenia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Family: | Pompilidae
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| Genus: | Eragenia Banks, 1946
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Eragenia is a genus of mud-nesting spider wasps in the family Pompilidae, formerly included in the genus . The genus has some 16 described species, with only one species in North America, , restricted to southern Texas.[1]
Description[]
Wasps of the genus Eragenia are small, thin, and wiry. These wasps look almost identical to those of the genus Ageniella, though they are separated by two things: Eragenia has a "trough-like impression on the lateroapical margin of the clypeus", and a "curved, spine-like bristle on the apex of the anterior tibia". Eragenia tabascoensis is tawny (red, can be yellow) in color, with yellow wings. The wings are banded in black.[1]
Habitat[]
This genus lives in open areas, and at the edges of forests. It can live in forests as well, hunting in sunny patches. Adults are not found at flowers.[1]
Nests[]
, found in Brazil, uses Corrinid spiders to provision the nests, which are bored in soft wood.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Genus Eragenia". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
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