Podalonia is a genus of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae.

[1] The genus is present worldwide with the exception of South America.

[2] These wasps are similar to the related sand wasp genus, Ammophila, but they have a much shorter petiole, and the abdomen is slightly stronger.

They normally incubate in large, hairless caterpillars of moths in the family Noctuidae.

[3] This genus includes 67 described species:[4][5] This Apoidea-related article is a stub.