Family Ensign Wasps (Evaniidae)
Evaniidae is a family in the order Hymenoptera. Browse 16 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Evaniidae (16)
Blue-eyed Ensign Wasp
Evania appendigaster
Identification: Most readily identified by its brilliant blue eyes. The only species in our area with all of the coxae evenly spaced. It is one of two large species, the other being the often brown-marked Prosevania fuscipes . Note: additional (rare)
Evaniella semaeoda
Evaniella semaeoda
Identification: can be reddish or entirely black depending on sex and environmental temperature
Hyptia floridana
Hyptia floridana
Identification: Very small, mesosoma about 1 mm long in lateral view. See key by Townes.
Prosevania fuscipes
Prosevania fuscipes
Introduced from Africa. Native to the Mediterranean.
Evania albofacialis
Evania albofacialis
Evania caspia
Evania caspia
Evania tinctipennis
Evania tinctipennis
Evaniella californica
Evaniella californica
Hyptia amazonica
Hyptia amazonica
Hyptia femorata
Hyptia femorata
Hyptia harpyoides
Hyptia harpyoides
Hyptia oblonga
Hyptia oblonga
Hyptia reticulata
Hyptia reticulata
Hyptia thoracica
Hyptia thoracica
Prosevania erythrosoma
Prosevania erythrosoma
Prosevania orientalis
Prosevania orientalis