Stictia signata

Stictia signata
	Stictia signata female head
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Crabronidae
Genus:	Stictia
Species:	S. signata
Binomial name
	Stictia signata; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Apis signata (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Apis vespiformis De Geer, 1773 ; Bembex insularis (Dahlbom, 1844) ; Bembex signata (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Bembix signata (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Epibembex insularis (Dahlbom, 1844) ; Monedula insularis (Dahlbom, 1844) ; Monedula signata (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Vespa signata (Linnaeus, 1758) ;

Stictia signata is a species of sand wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.^[2]^[1]^[3] It preys primarily on flies.^[4]

Subspecies[edit]

These two subspecies belong to the species Stictia signata:

^ ^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.