Spilomena

CrabronidaePison Spilomena

Spilomena is a genus of wasps (also known as aphid wasps) with 86 known species found worldwide in the family Crabronidae.

Aphid wasps (also known as aphid parasitoids), are small and considered beneficial wasps that lay their eggs inside the bodies of aphids. The wasp larvae develop within the host, consuming it from within and from which the adult wasp eventually emerges.

Spilomena (Aphid Wasp, family Pemphredonidae), Gregory River (Whitsunday region), Nth QLD © Tony Vernon — *Spilomena* (Aphid Wasp, family *Pemphredonidae*), Gregory River (Whitsunday), Nth QLD © Tony Vernon

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Informal: Pterygotes
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Apoidea
Informal: Spheciformes
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Pemphredoninae
Genus: Spilomena

Footnote & References

Spilomena Shuckard, 1838, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Spilomena – 86 described species, 17 Dec 2025)

CrabronidaePison Spilomena

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