Glenostictia pictifrons is a species of sand wasp in the family Bembicidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] It is known to be a predator of many types of flies, including the bombyliids that are parasitoids of Glenostictia, and rare fly species such as Neorhynchocephalus volaticus.[5]
Glenostictia pictifrons | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Bembicidae |
Tribe: | Bembicini |
Subtribe: | Stictiellina |
Genus: | Glenostictia |
Species: | G. pictifrons
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Binomial name | |
Glenostictia pictifrons (F. Smith, 1856)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Glenostictia pictifrons Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Glenostictia pictifrons". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Glenostictia pictifrons species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ B.A. Alexander, R.L. Minckley, D. Yanega (1993) Nesting biology of Glenostictia pictifrons (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Bembicini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 66:108-120