{{Short description|Genus of wasps}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Liogorytes | authority = R. Bohart, 1967 | type_species = ''Liogorytes catarinae'' | type_species_authority = R. Bohart, 1967 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 11 described species }}

The genus '''''Liogorytes''''' comprises a group of large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory South American wasps which hunt cicadas as prey. It is related to the more common genus of cicada killers, ''Sphecius''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bohart |first1=Richard M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FExMjuRhjpIC |title=Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision |last2=Bohart |first2=Richard Mitchell |last3=Menke |first3=Arnold S. |date=1976-01-01 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-02318-5 |pages=516–517 |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:Bembicidae Category:Apoidea genera Category:Hymenoptera of South America

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