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Ensign Wasps
Evaniidae
The Evaniidae, also known as the ensign wasps, nightshade wasps or hatchet wasps, are a family of parasitic wasps. They number around 20 extant genera containing over 400 described species, and are found all over the world except in the polar regions. The larvae of these solitary wasps feed on cockroaches, and develop inside the egg-cases (oothecae) of their 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.