{{short description|Genus of wasps}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Stictia signata female 2 BIML USGS.jpg | image_caption = ''Stictia signata'' | taxon = Stictia | display_parents = 3 | authority = Illiger, 1807 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }} thumb|''Stictia signata'' female lateral view thumb|''Stictia signata'' female head
'''''Stictia''''' is a largely neotropical genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 30 species.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sheehan |first=William |date=1984 |title=Nesting Biology of the Sand Wasp Stictia heros (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Nyssoninae) in Costa Rica |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25084533 |journal=Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=377–386 |jstor=25084533 |issn=0022-8567}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Post |first=David C. |date=1981 |title=Observations on female nesting and male behavior of Stictia signata (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil |url=https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/25520 |journal=Revista de Biología Tropical |language=en |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=105–113 |issn=2215-2075}}</ref>
== List of species (selected) == * ''Stictia andrei'' (Handlirsch, 1890) * ''Stictia antiopa'' (Handlirsch, 1890) * ''Stictia arcuata'' (Gruppe Taschenberg, 1870) * ''Stictia carolina'' (Fabricius, 1793) * ''Stictia croceata'' (Lepeletier, 1845) * ''Stictia decemmaculata'' (Packard, 1869) * ''Stictia decorata'' (Gruppe Taschenberg, 1870) * ''Stictia dives'' (Handlirsch, 1890) * ''Stictia flexuosa'' (Gruppe Taschenberg, 1870) * ''Stictia heros'' (Fabricius, 1804) * ''Stictia infracta'' J.Parker, 1929 * ''Stictia maccus'' (Handlirsch, 1895) * ''Stictia maculata'' (Fabricius, 1804) * ''Stictia medea'' (Handlirsch, 1890) * ''Stictia megacera'' Parker * ''Stictia mexicana'' (Handlirsch, 1890) * ''Stictia pantherina'' (Handlirsch, 1890) * ''Stictia punctata'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''Stictia signata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Stictia sombrana'' J.Parker, 1929 * ''Stictia trifasciata'' J.Parker, 1929 * ''Stictia vivida'' (Handlirsch)
== References == {{Reflist}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q18101703}}
Category:Bembicidae Category:Apoidea genera Category:Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
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