The genus ''Liogorytes'' comprises a group of large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory
South American
wasps which hunt
cicadas as prey. It is related to the more common genus of cicada killers, ''
Sphecius
Cicada killer wasps (genus ''Sphecius'') are large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory wasps. They are so named because they hunt cicadas and provision their nests with them, after stinging and paralyzing them. Twenty-one species worldwide are ...
''.
References
Crabronidae
Apoidea genera
Hymenoptera of South America
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