Biology:Stictia signata

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Short description: Species of wasp

Stictia signata
Stictia signata female 2 BIML USGS.jpg
Stictia signata female head
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Genus: Stictia
Species:
S. signata
Binomial name
Stictia signata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Apis signata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • De Geer, 1773 (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • (Linnaeus, 1758) Vespa signata
  • Bembix signata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Bembex insularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Epibembex insularis Apis vespiformis
  • (Dahlbom, 1844) (Dahlbom, 1844)
  • Monedula insularis Bembex signata
  • (Dahlbom, 1844) Monedula signata

Stictia signata is a species of sand wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[2][1][3] It preys primarily on flies.[4]

Stictia signata female lateral view

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Stictia signata:

  • Stictia signata aricana (Lohrmann, 1948)
  • Stictia signata signata (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Stictia signata". https://www.gbif.org/species/5817462. Retrieved 2020-02-12. 
  2. "Stictia signata Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1052403. Retrieved 2019-02-12. 
  3. Pulawski, Wojciech J.. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/projects/catalog-of-sphecidae. Retrieved 2020-02-12. 
  4. Philippi, Thomas; Eberhard, William G. (1986). "Foraging Behavior of Stictia signata (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59 (4): 604–608. ISSN 0022-8567. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25084834. Retrieved 8 December 2022. 

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