Chapter II. Alysson and Didineis: Two Genera of Hygrophiles

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments iii
3. Contents v
4. Tables ix
5. Figures xi
6. Chapter I. An Introduction to the Nyssonine Wasps xviii
7. Chapter II. Alysson and Didineis: Two Genera of Hygrophiles 16
8. Chapter III. Gorytes and Some Closely Related Genera 31
9. Chapter IV. The Nyssonini, A Complex of Cleptoparasites 83
10. Chapter V. The Cicada Killers, Sphecius and Exeirus 91
11. Chapter VI. The Stizine Wasps: Stizus, Stizoides, and Bembecinus 116
12. Chapter VII. Bicyrtes, A Genus of Stinkbug Hunters 144
13. Chapter VIII. Three Genera of Bembicini with Recessed Ocelli: Stictiella, Glenostictia, and Steniolia 176
14. Chapter IX. Stictia and Some South American Genera 222
15. Chapter X. Some Generalized Species of Bembix 267
16. Chapter XI. Some Specialized Species of Bembix 322
17. Chapter XII. Microbembex: A Genus of Scavengers 360
18. Chapter XIII. Fossil History, Distribution, and Comparative Morphology of the Nyssoninae 392
19. Chapter XIV. Comparative Ethology of the Nyssoninae 421
20. Chapter XV. The Evolution of the Behavior of Sand Wasps 473
21. Bibliography 507
22. Index 521