Stictia signata is a species of sand wasp in the family Bembicidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[2][1][3] It preys primarily on flies.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Bembicidae |
| Genus: | Stictia |
| Species: | S. signata
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| Binomial name | |
| Stictia signata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Stictia signata:
- Stictia signata aricana (Lohrmann, 1948)
- Stictia signata signata (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
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- ^ a b "Stictia signata". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ "Stictia signata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ^ Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ Philippi, Thomas; Eberhard, William G. (1986). "Foraging Behavior of Stictia signata (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 59 (4): 604–608. ISSN 0022-8567. Retrieved 8 December 2022.