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Stizus niloticus Handlirsch

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Bembicidae; Subfamily: Bembicinae; Genus: Stizus)

Stizus niloticus Handlirsch, 1892. ♂ Syntypes in Berlin (ZMHU) and Vienna (NHMW). Type localities: no specific locality (Egypt), and Tor (Sinai).

Stizus saharae Roth, 1934. ♀, ♂ Syntypes in Paris (MNHN). Type localities: Redir de Tigemt and Timissao, Algeria. Currently treated as a subspecies of Stizus niloticus.

 

Classification

Distribution

Chad, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya, Oman, Sinai, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Biology

Females excavate burrows in sandy soil. One to several cells are provisioned with mantids or grasshoppers.

References

Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.

Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp. 279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Links

CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by
Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences).

Credits

Photographs © Iziko Museums of South Africa.

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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