Stizus

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Stizus
Crabronidae - Stizus fasciatus.JPG
Stizus fasciatus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Bembicinae
Tribe: Stizini
Genus: Stizus
Latreille, 1802
Type species

(Forster, 1771)
S. fuscipennis
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Stizus is a genus of sand wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae. 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]

See also[]

References[]

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


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