Podalonia Fernald, 1927

Podalonia Fernald, 1927: 11 . Type species: Ammophila violaceipennis Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845 .

Psammophila Dahlbom, 1842: 2, junior homonym of Psammophila Brown, 1827 . Type species: Psammophila affinis (W. Kirby, 1798) [= Ammophila affinis W. Kirby, 1798], designated by Fernald, 1927: 11.

Diagnosis. Episternal sulcus not passing through scrobe; claw usually simple but if with a single basal tooth on inner margin, then mouthparts very long; gena attaining base of stipe when folded; apex of metasomal sternum I (petiole) meeting and often overlapping base of sternum II; spiracle of tergum I located before apex of sternum I (in lateral view) (Bohart and Menke 1976).