Sapygidae

Eusapyga verticalis

  • Fedtschenkiinae
  • Sapyginae

The approximately 80 species of lobe wasps worldwide ( Sapygidae ) belong to the insect order Hymenoptera of the ( Hymenoptera). Within this they are in the superfamily Vespoidea, the wasps -like, in the subordination of the waist wasps ( Apocrita ). The females of all Sapygidae a specially trained, at the end conically shaped sixth sternite of Metasomas from which the ovipositor outlet ( ovipositor ).

The representatives of the subfamily Sapyginae have clearly club-like sensor and are the actual namesake for the German trivial name. The hatching from the egg larvae live as Kleptoparasiten in solitary bees (for example, mason bees or carpenter bees ). First you eat the egg of the host and then the stocks, which were destined for the host larva.

Over the life of the species of the subfamily Fedtschenkiinae nothing is known. The females have a conspicuous grave crest on the front legs. There are only a few species from Asia and North America known.

Species

  • Common wasp leg ( Monosapyga clavicornis )
  • Sapygina decemguttata
  • Sapyga quinquepunctata
  • Sapyga similis
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