Bicyrtes

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.[2]

Bicyrtes
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Tribe: Bembicini
Genus: Bicyrtes
Lepeletier, 1845
Type species
Bicyrtes ventralis
(Say, 1824)[1]
Species

~30 species; see text

This genus gets its name ("two-humped") from the two noticeable projections arising from the rear of the mesosoma (middle segment).[2]

Selected species

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References

  1. "Results for the species Bicyrtes ventralis (Say):". Hymenoptera Name Server. Ohio State University. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. "Genus Bicyrtes - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-03-02.


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