Bicyrtes Explained

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.^[1]

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 (Cameron, 1897)
• Bicyrtes capnopterus (Handlirsch, 1889)
• Bicyrtes diodontus (Handlirsch, 1889)
• Bicyrtes discisus (Taschenberg, 1870)
• Bicyrtes fodiens (Handlirsch, 1889)
• Bicyrtes insidiatrix (Handlirsch, 1889)
• Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus (Say, 1824)
• Bicyrtes spinosus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Bicyrtes variegatus (Olivier, 1789)
• Bicyrtes viduatus (Handlirsch, 1889)
• Bicyrtes ventralis (Say, 1824)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus Bicyrtes - BugGuide.Net. bugguide.net. 2019-03-02.