Evaniidae

Evaniidae; Temporal range:
	Evania appendigaster
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Evanioidea
Family:	Evaniidae; Latreille, 1802
Diversity
	Around 20 living genera
Synonyms
	Andreneliidae (but see text); Cretevaniidae;

Evaniidae is a family of parasitoid wasps also known as ensign wasps, nightshade wasps, hatchet wasps, or cockroach egg parasitoid wasps. They number around 20 extant genera containing over 400 described species, and are found all over the world except in the polar regions.^[1] The larvae of these solitary wasps are parasitoids that feed on cockroaches and develop inside the egg-cases, or oothecae, of their hosts.^[2]

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Evaniidae Temporal range:

Evania appendigaster
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Evanioidea
Family:	Evaniidae Latreille, 1802
Diversity
Around 20 living genera
Synonyms
Andreneliidae (but see text) Cretevaniidae

Evaniidae

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