Stictia

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Stictia
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Stictia signata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Bembicinae
Tribe: Bembicini
Subtribe: Bembicina
Genus: Stictia
Illiger, 1807
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Stictia signata female lateral view
Stictia signata female head Stictia signata female BIML USGS.jpg
Stictia signata female head

Stictia is a largely neotropical genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 30 species. [1] [2]

List of species (selected)

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References

  1. Sheehan, William (1984). "Nesting Biology of the Sand Wasp Stictia heros (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Nyssoninae) in Costa Rica". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 57 (3): 377–386. ISSN   0022-8567. JSTOR   25084533.
  2. Post, David C. (1981). "Observations on female nesting and male behavior of Stictia signata (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil". Revista de Biología Tropical. 29 (1): 105–113. ISSN   2215-2075.