Podium haematogastrum Spinola
Natural host.—Epilampra sp., Brazil, Pará (Williams, 1928): The female wasp (fig. 7, B) burrows into the surface of termite mounds, in banks, and in level ground. This wasp's behavior is similar to that of P. flavipenne. There was an average of 1.6 cockroaches (fig. 7, C) per cell in 74 nests examined. Of the 121 cockroaches collected, 28 percent were adults. Under artificial conditions, the life cycle varied from about a month to 45 days or more.
Podium luctuosum Smith
Natural host.—Parcoblatta virginica, female, U.S.A., New York (Pate, 1949).
Distribution.—U.S.A.: New York to Texas (Murray, 1951).
Podium rufipes Fabricius
Natural hosts.—"Wood roaches," British Guiana (Howes, 1917, 1919); Brazil (Williams, 1928): Nesting sites were clay column nests on houses, sides of stumps, or forest trees; banks; termite mound. Variable numbers of cockroaches were placed in the nests with one wasp egg attached behind forecoxa of the last host. The egg hatches in 2 days, the larva pupates about 2 weeks later, and the adult emerges 24 days later.
Podium sp.
Natural host.—Epilampra conferta, Brazil (Poulton, 1917): The burrow contained several cockroaches of the same species.