The Stizina is a subtribe of small to large-sized sand wasps in the tribe
Bembicini
The Bembicini, or sand wasps, are a large tribe of bembicid wasps, comprising 20 genera. Bembicines are parasitoids on various groups of insects. The type of prey captured tends to be rather consistent within each genus, with flies (Diptera) b ...
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[ The subtribe is distinguished primarily by features of wing venation. Members of the genus '' Stizus'' are large, and superficially resemble cicada-killer wasps (genus '' Sphecius'', in the related subtribe Spheciina), and members of the genus '' Stizoides'' are cleptoparasites in the nests of other Crabronids.
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References
Bembicidae
Insect subtribes
Biological pest control wasps
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