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Stizus

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Stizus
Stizus fasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
S. fuscipennis
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

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Species within this genus include:[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Stizus Latreille, 1802".
  2. ^ Fauna europaea
  3. ^ "Stizus Latreille, 1802".
  4. ^ Biolib
  • Manfred Blösch: Die Grabwespen Deutschlands: Lebensweise, Verhalten, Verbreitung. 1. Auflage. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2.