Stizus

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Crabronidae - Stizus fasciatus.JPG | image_caption = ''Stizus fasciatus'' | taxon = Stizus | display_parents = 2 | authority = Latreille, 1802 | type_species = ''Stizus ruficornis'' | type_species_authority = (Forster, 1771) | synonyms = }} [[File:Sand wasp (Stizus fuscipennis).jpg|thumb|''S. fuscipennis''<br />Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa]] '''''Stizus''''' is a genus of sand wasps belonging to the family Bembicidae. There are over 100 species.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4298364 | title=Stizus Latreille, 1802 }}</ref>

These wasps can reach a length of about {{convert|34|mm}}. They are yellow and black, rarely reddish. Species within this genus can be found in Europe,<ref>[http://fauna.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/full_results.php?id=196908 Fauna europaea]</ref> in Africa, and in North America.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4298364 | title=Stizus Latreille, 1802 }}</ref>

==European species== Species within this genus include:<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id70120/ Biolib]</ref> *''Stizus aestivalis'' Mercet, 1906 *''Stizus annulatus'' (Klug, 1845) *''Stizus bipunctatus'' (Smith, 1856) *''Stizus continuus'' (Klug, 1835) *''Stizus fasciatus'' (Fabricius, 1781) *''Stizus hispanicus'' Mocsary, 1883 *''Stizus perrisi'' DuFour, 1838 *''Stizus pubescens'' (Klug, 1835) *''Stizus ruficornis'' (Forster, 1771) *''Stizus rufipes'' (Fabricius, 1804) *''Stizus tricolor'' Handlirsch, 1892

==See also== * List of Stizus species

== References == {{Reflist}}

*Manfred Blösch: Die Grabwespen Deutschlands: Lebensweise, Verhalten, Verbreitung. 1. Auflage. Goecke & Evers, 2000, {{ISBN|3-931374-26-2}}.

Category:Bembicidae Category:Apoidea genera Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille