- Zyzzyx
Taxobox
name = "Zyzzyx"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Hymenoptera
subordo =Apocrita
superfamilia =Apoidea
familia =Crabronidae
subfamilia =Bembicinae
genus = "Zyzzyx"
genus_authority = Pate, 1937
species = "Z. chilensis"
binomial = "Zyzzyx chilensis"
binomial_authority = Eschscholz, 1822Zyzzyx is a
monospecific genus ofsand wasp , containing a brightly-colored, medium-sized species, "Z. chilensis", named after the sound they make while flying. They were first studied in detail by H. Janvier (a.k.a.Claude-Joseph ) in1928 , more than 100 years after they were first described.They are primarily predators on flies, but have been observed to consume skippers.
References
* Genise, J.F., "Estudios sobre el comportamiento de nidificación de Bembicini neotropicales VI. "Zyzzyx chilensis" (Eschscholz) (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)" "Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argentina" 41: 289-298 (1982)
* Howard E. Evans, "A Review of Prey Choice in Bembicine Sand Wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)" "Neotropical Entomology" 31(1): 001-011 (2002) (PDF at [http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ne/v31n1/11172.pdf] )External links
* [http://vidal.med.puc.cl/ZyzzChilensis.html Description of "Z. chilensis", with pictures (in Spanish)]
* [http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/Entomology_Resources/Hymenoptera/sphecidae/Genera_and_species_PDF/Zyzzyx.pdf PDF file at Calacademy with refs and history of taxonomy]
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