Liogorytes
| Liogorytes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Subfamily: | Bembicinae |
| Tribe: | Gorytini |
| Genus: | Liogorytes R. Bohart, 1967 |
| Species | |
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11 described species | |
The genus Liogorytes comprises a group of large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory South American wasps which hunt cicadas as prey. It is related to the more common genus of cicada killers, Sphecius.
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