Stizus Latreille 1802

S. fuscipennis
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

Stizus is a genus of sand wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae. There are over 100 species.^[1]

These wasps can reach a length of about 34 millimetres (1.3 in). They are yellow and black, rarely reddish. Species within this genus can be found in Europe,^[2] in Africa, and in North America.^[3]

European species

Species within this genus include:^[4]

• Stizus aestivalis Mercet, 1906
• Stizus annulatus (Klug, 1845)
• Stizus bipunctatus (Smith, 1856)
• Stizus continuus (Klug, 1835)
• Stizus fasciatus (Fabricius, 1781)
• Stizus hispanicus Mocsary, 1883
• Stizus perrisi DuFour, 1838
• Stizus pubescens (Klug, 1835)
• Stizus ruficornis (Forster, 1771)
• Stizus rufipes (Fabricius, 1804)
• Stizus tricolor Handlirsch, 1892

See also

• List of Stizus species

References

• Manfred Blösch: Die Grabwespen Deutschlands: Lebensweise, Verhalten, Verbreitung. 1. Auflage. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2.