Euparagia


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 Bohart, 1948Euparagia desertorum Bohart, 1948Euparagia maculiceps Euparagia platiniceps Bohart, 1938Euparagia richardsi Bohart & Krombein 1979Euparagia scutellaris Cresson, 1879Euparagia siccata Bohart, 1988Euparagia timberlakei Bohart, 1948Euparagia unidentata Carpenter & 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 larvae.