Stictia ''Stictia'' is a largely neotropical genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 30 species. List of species (selected) * '' Stictia andrei'' (Handlirsch, 1890) * '' Stictia antiopa'' (Handlirsch, 1890) ...

signata'' is a species of

sand wasp A sand wasp is a wasp of one of the following groups: * '' Ammophila'', a narrow-waisted genus of hunting wasps that often nests in sandy soil * Bembicini The Bembicini, or sand wasps, are a large tribe of crabronid wasps, comprising 20 genera ...

in the family Crabronidae. It is found in the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

, Central America, North America, and South America. It preys primarily on flies. Stictia signata BIML USGS

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species ''Stictia signata'': * ''Stictia signata aricana'' (Lohrmann, 1948) * ''Stictia signata signata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q49414536 Crabronidae Wasps described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus