# Bicyrtes

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{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Sand Wasp (Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus), FWG.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus](/source/Bicyrtes_quadrifasciatus)''
| taxon = Bicyrtes
| authority = [Lepeletier](/source/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e_Louis_Michel_le_Peletier%2C_comte_de_Saint-Fargeau), 1845
| type_species = ''[Bicyrtes ventralis](/source/Bicyrtes_ventralis)''
| type_species_authority = ([Say](/source/Thomas_Say), 1824)<ref name = HNS>{{cite web | url = http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/nomenclator.name_entry?text_entry=Bicyrtes+ventralis | title = Results for the species ''Bicyrtes ventralis'' (Say) | access-date = 17 May 2017 | publisher = [Ohio State University](/source/Ohio_State_University) | work = Hymenoptera Name Server }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ~30 species; see text
}}

'''''Bicyrtes''''' is a genus of large, often brightly coloured predatory [sand wasps](/source/Bembicini). Many species in this genus provision their nests with paralyzed [Pentatomidae](/source/Pentatomidae), while other species make use of [Reduviidae](/source/Reduviidae) and [Coreidae](/source/Coreidae) instead.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/6140|title=Genus Bicyrtes - BugGuide.Net|website=bugguide.net|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>

This genus gets its name ("two-humped") from the two noticeable projections arising from the rear of the mesosoma (middle segment).<ref name=":0" />

== Selected species ==

* ''[Bicyrtes affinis](/source/Bicyrtes_affinis)'' <small>(Cameron, 1897)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes capnopterus](/source/Bicyrtes_capnopterus)'' <small>(Handlirsch, 1889)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes diodontus](/source/Bicyrtes_diodontus)'' <small>(Handlirsch, 1889)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes discisus](/source/Bicyrtes_discisus)'' <small>(Taschenberg, 1870)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes fodiens](/source/Bicyrtes_fodiens)'' <small>(Handlirsch, 1889)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes insidiatrix](/source/Bicyrtes_insidiatrix)'' (<small>Handlirsch, 1889)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus](/source/Bicyrtes_quadrifasciatus)'' <small>(Say, 1824)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes spinosus](/source/Bicyrtes_spinosus)'' <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes variegatus](/source/Bicyrtes_variegatus)'' <small>(Olivier, 1789)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes viduatus](/source/Bicyrtes_viduatus)'' <small>(Handlirsch, 1889)</small>
* ''[Bicyrtes ventralis](/source/Bicyrtes_ventralis)'' <small>(Say, 1824)</small>

==References==
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Category:Bembicidae
Category:Apoidea genera
Category:Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier

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