Euparagiinae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Euparagiinae Ashmead 1902 |
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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,[1] but is now a geographically relict taxon known only from the desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.[2]
This subfamily, with this same rank, has been previously grouped with the
mesonotum, and the femora and trochanters of the male front legs are modified in species-specific shapes.[3]
The biology of only one species (Euparagia scutellaris) is known, and the females provision nests in the soil with weevil larvae.[4]
Taxonomy
- Euparagia Cresson, 1879
- Euparagia boregoensis Bohart, 1948
- Euparagia desertorum Bohart, 1948
- Euparagia maculiceps (Cameron, 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 & Kimsey, 2009
- Euparagia yuma Bohart, 1988
- †Curiosivespa Rasnitsyn, 1975
- † Curiosivespa antiqua Carpenter & Rasnitsyn, 1990 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- † Curiosivespa curiosa Rasnitsyn, 1975 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
- † Curiosivespa derivata Carpenter & Rasnitsyn, 1990 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- † Curiosivespa magna Rasnitsyn, 1975 Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakhstan, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
- † Curiosivespa orapa Brothers, 1992 Orapa, Botswana, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
- † Curiosivespa striata Perrard & Carpenter, 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
- † Curiosivespa zigrasi Perrard & Carpenter, 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
- †Priorparagia Brothers & Rasnitsyn, 2008
- † Priorparagia anancites Brothers & Rasnitsyn, 2008 Orapa, Botswana, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
References
- ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ Bohart, R.M. 1989. A review of the genus Euparagia (Hymenoptera, Masaridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 62 (4): 462-467.
- ^ Carpenter, J. M. 1982. The Phylogenetic relationships and natural classification of the Vespoidea (Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 7: 11- 38.
- ^ Carpenter, J. M. & L. S. Kimsey. 2009. The genus Euparagia Cresson (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Euparagiinae). American Museum Novitates 3643: 1-11 [1]
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