Stizus

Stizus is a genus of sand wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae. There are over 100 species.[1]

Stizus
Stizus fasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Bembicinae
Tribe: Stizini
Genus: Stizus
Latreille, 1802
Type species
Stizus ruficornis
(Forster, 1771)
S. fuscipennis
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

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

See also

References
  2. Fauna europaea
  4. Biolib
  • Manfred Blösch: Die Grabwespen Deutschlands: Lebensweise, Verhalten, Verbreitung. 1. Auflage. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2.


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