Liogorytes

The genus Liogorytes comprises a group of large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory South American wasps which hunt cicadas as prey. It is related to the more common genus of cicada killers, Sphecius.

Liogorytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Tribe: Gorytini
Genus: Liogorytes
R. Bohart, 1967
Type species
Liogorytes catarinae
R. Bohart, 1967
Species

11 described species

References


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