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