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Bicyrtes
Sign in to saveBicyrtes is a genus of large, often brightly coloured predatory sand wasps. Many species in this genus provision their nests with paralyzed Pentatomidae, while other species make use of Reduviidae and Coreidae instead.
Species
Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyCrabronidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 470
- With media
- 48
- Family
- Crabronidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, DBG, UMNH, CHAS, PSUC, EMEC
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bembicinae
- Image
- Sand Wasp (Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus), FWG.jpg
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- taxon name
- Bicyrtes
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Encyclopedic overview
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Bicyrtes is a genus of large, often brightly coloured predatory sand wasps. Many species in this genus provision their nests with paralyzed Pentatomidae, while other species make use of Reduviidae and Coreidae instead.
This genus gets its name ("two-humped") from the two noticeable projections arising from the rear of the mesosoma (middle segment).
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