Stictia

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

Stictia
Stictia signata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Bembicinae
Tribe: Bembicini
Subtribe: Bembicina
Genus: Stictia
Illiger, 1807
Stictia signata female lateral view
Stictia signata female head

List of species (selected)

  • Stictia andrei (Handlirsch, 1890)
  • Stictia antiopa (Handlirsch, 1890)
  • Stictia arcuata (Gruppe Taschenberg, 1870)
  • Stictia carolina (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Stictia croceata (Lepeletier, 1845)
  • Stictia decemmaculata (Packard, 1869)
  • Stictia decorata (Gruppe Taschenberg, 1870)
  • Stictia dives (Handlirsch, 1890)
  • Stictia flexuosa (Gruppe Taschenberg, 1870)
  • Stictia heros (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Stictia infracta J.Parker, 1929
  • Stictia maccus (Handlirsch, 1895)
  • Stictia maculata (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Stictia medea (Handlirsch, 1890)
  • Stictia megacera Parker
  • Stictia mexicana (Handlirsch, 1890)
  • Stictia pantherina (Handlirsch, 1890)
  • Stictia punctata (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Stictia signata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Stictia sombrana J.Parker, 1929
  • Stictia trifasciata J.Parker, 1929
  • Stictia vivida (Handlirsch)

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.
  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.


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