Stizus
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| Stizus | |
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| Stizus fasciatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Bembicidae |
| Tribe: | Bembicini |
| Subtribe: | Stizina |
| Genus: | Stizus Latreille, 1802 |
| Type species | |
| Stizus ruficornis (Forster, 1771) | |
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Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Stizus is a genus of sand wasps belonging to the family Bembicidae. 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]
