''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.
This genus gets its name ("two-humped") from the two noticeable projections arising from the rear of the mesosoma (middle segment).
Selected species
* ''
Bicyrtes affinis
''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.
This genus gets it ...
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(Cameron, 1897)
* ''
Bicyrtes capnopterus''
(Handlirsch, 1889)
* ''
Bicyrtes diodontus
''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.
This genus gets it ...
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(Handlirsch, 1889)
* ''
Bicyrtes discisus
''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.
This genus gets it ...
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(Taschenberg, 1870)
* ''
Bicyrtes fodiens''
(Handlirsch, 1889)
* ''
Bicyrtes insidiatrix'' (
Handlirsch, 1889)
* ''
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus''
(Say, 1824)
* ''
Bicyrtes spinosus
''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.
This genus gets it ...
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(Fabricius, 1794)
* ''
Bicyrtes variegatus''
(Olivier, 1789)
* ''
Bicyrtes viduatus''
(Handlirsch, 1889)
* ''
Bicyrtes ventralis''
(Say, 1824)
References
Crabronidae
Apoidea genera
Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier
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