''Liris'' is a genus of solitary, ground-nesting, predaceous
wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...
s, containing over 300 species.
Two of its three subgenera, ''Leptolarra'' and ''Motes'', are found in North America, with 23 species representing ''Leptolarra'' and a single species representing ''Motes''.
[ ''Liris'' wasps typically prey on ]crickets
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets and more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 886 ...
, which they use to provision their nests.
Subgenera
* '' Liris (Leptolarra)''
* '' Liris (Liris)''
* '' Liris (Motes)''
See also
* List of ''Liris'' species
References
Crabronidae
Apoidea genera
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