Zyzzyx

Zyzzyx is a monospecific genus of sand wasp, containing a brightly coloured, medium-sized species, Zyzzyx chilensis. It is primarily a predator on flies, but has been observed to consume skippers.[8] "Zyzzyx" is a replacement name proposed in 1937 by V. S. L. Pate for Therapon, originally described by J. Parker in 1929.[4]

This article is about the wasp. For other things named Zyzzyx or similarly, see Zzyzx (disambiguation).

Zyzzyx
Z. chilensis observed in Argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subtribe: Bembicina
Genus: Zyzzyx
Pate, 1937[1]
Type species
Stictia chilensis
Species
  • Zyzzyx chilensis (Eschscholz, 1822)
Synonyms[3][4]

Genus:

  • Therapon Parker, 1929[5]

Species:

  • Stictia chilensis Eschscholz, 1822
  • Bembex peruviana Guérin-Méneville, 1835[6]
  • Monedula orbignyi Guérin-Méneville, 1844[6]
  • Monedula odontomera Handlirsch, 1890[7]

Z. chilensis is found in Chile, Peru, and Argentina.[3]

References
  1. Pate, V. S. L. (1937). "The Generic Names of the Sphecoid Wasps and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 9: 68.
  2. Eschscholz, J. Friedrich (1822). Entomographien. Vol. 1. Berlin: G. Reimer. pp. 94–95.
  3. Amarante, Sérvio Túlio P. (2002). "A synonymic catalog of the Neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)". Arquivos de Zoologia. 37 (1): 11–12. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v37i1p1-139.
  4. "Zyzzyx" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences. December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  5. Parker, John Bernard (1929). "A Generic Revision of the Fossorial Wasps of the Tribes Stizini and Bembicini with Notes and Descriptions of New Species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 75 (5): 12–13. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.75-2776.1. hdl:10088/15778.
  6. Guérin Méneville, F. E. (1829–1844). Insectes. Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier. Vol. 1. Paris: J. B. Baillière. pp. 436–438; Pl. 70, Fig. 6.
  7. Handlirsch, Anton (1890). "Monographie der mit Nysson und Bembex verwandten Grabwespen. V". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Abtheilung I. 99 (3): 134–136.
  8. Howard E. Evans (2002). "A review of prey choice in bembicine sand wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)" (PDF). Neotropical Entomology. 31 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2002000100001.
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