Stictia signata

Stictia signata
Stictia signata female head
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Bembicidae
Genus:	Stictia
Species:	S. signata
Binomial name
Stictia signata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
Apis signata (Linnaeus, 1758) Apis vespiformis De Geer, 1773 Bembex insularis (Dahlbom, 1844) Bembex signata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bembix signata (Linnaeus, 1758) Epibembex insularis (Dahlbom, 1844) Monedula insularis (Dahlbom, 1844) Monedula signata (Linnaeus, 1758) Vespa signata Linnaeus, 1758

Stictia signata is a species of sand wasp in the family Bembicidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. ^{[2] [1] [3]} It preys primarily on flies. ^[4]

Stictia signata female lateral view

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Stictia signata:

• Stictia signata aricana(Lohrmann, 1948)
• Stictia signata signata(Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. "Stictia signata". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
2. "Stictia signata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
3. Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
4. Philippi, Thomas; Eberhard, William G. (1986). "Foraging Behavior of Stictia signata (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 59 (4): 604–608. ISSN   0022-8567 . Retrieved 8 December 2022.