Isodontia is a genus belonging to the family Sphecidae. Adults emerge from their cocoons in early summer, and usually make nests lined with grass or hay in hollow plant cavities. This has led to their common name being grass-carrying wasps. The larvae are often fed Orthoptera that the adult has paralyzed.

Species

Species within this genus include:

Isodontia

Isodontia albata

Isodontia alvarengai

Isodontia apicalis

Isodontia apicata

Isodontia aurifrons

Isodontia auripes

Isodontia auripygata

Isodontia azteca

Isodontia bastiniana

Isodontia boninensis

Isodontia bruneri

Isodontia capillata

Isodontia cellicula

Isodontia cestra

Isodontia chrysorrhoea

Isodontia costipennis

Isodontia cyanipennis

Isodontia delicata

Isodontia diodon

Isodontia dolosa

Isodontia edax

Isodontia egens

Isodontia elegans

Isodontia elsei

Isodontia exornata

Isodontia formosicola

Isodontia franzi

Isodontia fuscipennis

Isodontia guaranitica

Isodontia harmandi

Isodontia immaculata

Isodontia jaculator

Isodontia laevipes

Isodontia leonina

Isodontia longiventris

Isodontia maidli

Isodontia mexicana

Isodontia nidulans

Isodontia nigella

Isodontia nigelloides

Isodontia obscurella

Isodontia ochroptera

Isodontia paludosa

Isodontia papua

Isodontia paranensis

Isodontia pelopoeiformis

Isodontia pempuchi

Isodontia permutans

Isodontia petiolata

Isodontia philadelphica

Isodontia pilipes

Isodontia poeyi

Isodontia praslinia

Isodontia sepicola

Isodontia severini

Isodontia simoni

Isodontia sonani

Isodontia splendidula

Isodontia stanleyi

Isodontia vanlinhi

Isodontia vidua

Isodontia visseri

References

Sphecidae

Isodontia