Stictia is a largely neotropical genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 30 species.[1][2]
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The horse guard wasp (Stictia carolina) is a type of sand wasp (Bembicini) from the eastern United States which preys primarily upon horse-flies (Tabanidae)...
species Stictia signata: Stictia signata aricana (Lohrmann, 1948) Stictia signata signata (Linnaeus, 1758) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stictia signata...
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Stenogorytes Schrottky, 1911 i c g Stethogorytes R. Bohart, 2000 i c g Stictia Illiger, 1807 i c g b Stictiella J. Parker, 1917 i c g b Stigmus Panzer...