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Stizus fasciatus

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Stizus fasciatus
Stizus fasciatus, Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Bembicidae
Genus: Stizus
Species:
S. fasciatus
Binomial name
Stizus fasciatus
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]

Stizus fasciatus is a species of sand wasps belonging to the family Bembicidae.[2]

Description

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Stizus fasciatus can reach a length of 16–24 millimetres (0.63–0.94 in).[3] Head and thorax are black, while the abdomen shows yellow and black bands. Wings are darkened.

Biology

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Adults can be found in June and August. Females build a nest with several cells in the sandy soil. Then they lay eggs on the body of paralyzed grasshoppers.[4]

Distribution and habitat

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This species can be found in most of southern Europe, in North Africa and in the Near East up to China (Russia, France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ukraine, Turkey, Israel, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Mongolia, China, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt).[3][5] These wasps prefers xerophytic areas.

References

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  1. ^ "Stizus fasciatus (Fabricius, 1781)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ^ Biolib
  3. ^ a b Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. — Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1976.. — 695 p.
  4. ^ Redbook-ua.org
  5. ^ Fauna europaea