Lestica

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Lestica
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Lestica clypeata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subtribe: Crabronina
Genus: Lestica
Billberg, 1820
Synonyms [1]
  • Ceratocolus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Brullé, 1835
  • Clypeocrabro Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Brullé, 1835
  • Hypothyreus Ashmead, 1899
  • Ptyx Richards, 1935
  • Thyreus Pate, 1947
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Lestica sp. male

Lestica is a genus of square-headed wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are at least 40 described species in Lestica. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Species

These 46 species belong to the genus Lestica:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lestica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Lestica". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. 1 2 "Lestica". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. 1 2 "Lestica Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.