# Stizus

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{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Crabronidae - Stizus fasciatus.JPG
| image_caption = ''[Stizus fasciatus](/source/Stizus_fasciatus)''
| taxon = Stizus
| display_parents = 2
| authority = [Latreille](/source/Pierre_Andr%C3%A9_Latreille), 1802
| type_species = ''[Stizus ruficornis](/source/Stizus_ruficornis)''
| type_species_authority = ([Forster](/source/Johann_Reinhold_Forster), 1771)
| synonyms = 
}}
[[File:Sand wasp (Stizus fuscipennis).jpg|thumb|''S. fuscipennis''<br />[Kwa-Zulu Natal](/source/Kwa-Zulu_Natal), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)]]
'''''Stizus''''' is a genus of sand wasps belonging to the family [Bembicidae](/source/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](/source/Stizus_aestivalis)'' [Mercet](/source/Ricardo_Garc%C3%ADa_Mercet), 1906
*''[Stizus annulatus](/source/Stizus_annulatus)'' ([Klug](/source/Johann_Christoph_Friedrich_Klug), 1845)
*''[Stizus bipunctatus](/source/Stizus_bipunctatus)'' ([Smith](/source/Frederick_Smith_(entomologist)), 1856)
*''[Stizus continuus](/source/Stizus_continuus)'' (Klug, 1835)
*''[Stizus fasciatus](/source/Stizus_fasciatus)'' ([Fabricius](/source/Johan_Christian_Fabricius), 1781)
*''[Stizus hispanicus](/source/Stizus_hispanicus)'' [Mocsary](/source/Alexander_Mocs%C3%A1ry), 1883
*''[Stizus perrisi](/source/Stizus_perrisi)'' [DuFour](/source/L%C3%A9on_Jean_Marie_DuFour), 1838
*''[Stizus pubescens](/source/Stizus_pubescens)'' (Klug, 1835)
*''[Stizus ruficornis](/source/Stizus_ruficornis)'' (Forster, 1771)
*''[Stizus rufipes](/source/Stizus_rufipes)'' (Fabricius, 1804)
*''[Stizus tricolor](/source/Stizus_tricolor)'' [Handlirsch](/source/Anton_Handlirsch), 1892

==See also==
* [List of Stizus species](/source/List_of_Stizus_species)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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

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

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