Stizus

Stizus
Stizus fasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
S. fuscipennis
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Stizus is a genus of sand wasps belonging to the family Bembicidae. There are over 100 species.

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, in Africa, and in North America.

European species

Species within this genus include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stizus Latreille, 1802".
  2. ↑ Fauna europaea
  3. ↑ "Stizus Latreille, 1802".
  4. ↑ Biolib