Liogorytes
| Liogorytes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Bembicidae |
| Subtribe: | Gorytina |
| Genus: | R. Bohart, 1967 |
| Type species | |
| Liogorytes catarinae R. Bohart, 1967
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| Species | |
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11 described species | |
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.[1]
References
- ^ Bohart, Richard M.; Bohart, Richard Mitchell; Menke, Arnold S. (1976-01-01). Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision. University of California Press. pp. 516–517. ISBN 978-0-520-02318-5.