| Stizus | |
|---|---|
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| Stizus fasciatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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 source ↗
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
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
References
References
- Manfred Blösch: Die Grabwespen Deutschlands: Lebensweise, Verhalten, Verbreitung. 1. Auflage. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2.