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Glenostictia pictifrons

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Glenostictia pictifrons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Bembicidae
Tribe: Bembicini
Subtribe: Stictiellina
Genus: Glenostictia
Species:
G. pictifrons
Binomial name
Glenostictia pictifrons
(F. Smith, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Monedula denverensis Cameron, 1908
  • Monedula inermis Handlirsch, 1890
  • Monedula pictifrons F. Smith, 1856

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Glenostictia pictifrons Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Glenostictia pictifrons". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ 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