Stizus
| Stizus | |
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| Stizus fasciatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Bembicidae |
| Tribe: | Bembicini |
| Subtribe: | Stizina |
| Genus: | Stizus Latreille, 1802 |
| Type species | |
| Stizus ruficornis (Forster, 1771)
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Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Stizus is a genus of sand wasps belonging to the family Bembicidae. There are over 100 species.[1]
These wasps can reach a length of about 34 millimetres (1.3 in). They are yellow and black, rarely reddish. Species within this genus can be found in Europe,[2] in Africa, and in North America.[3]
European species
[edit]Species within this genus include:[4]
- Stizus aestivalis Mercet, 1906
- Stizus annulatus (Klug, 1845)
- Stizus bipunctatus (Smith, 1856)
- Stizus continuus (Klug, 1835)
- Stizus fasciatus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Stizus hispanicus Mocsary, 1883
- Stizus perrisi DuFour, 1838
- Stizus pubescens (Klug, 1835)
- Stizus ruficornis (Forster, 1771)
- Stizus rufipes (Fabricius, 1804)
- Stizus tricolor Handlirsch, 1892
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Manfred Blösch: Die Grabwespen Deutschlands: Lebensweise, Verhalten, Verbreitung. 1. Auflage. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2.
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