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Genus of wasps From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2]
Bicyrtes | |
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Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Crabronidae |
Subtribe: | Bembicina |
Genus: | Bicyrtes Lepeletier, 1845 |
Type species | |
Bicyrtes ventralis | |
Species | |
~30 species; see text |
This genus gets its name ("two-humped") from the two noticeable projections arising from the rear of the mesosoma (middle segment).[2]
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