Zyzzyx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Apocrita |
Superfamily: | Apoidea |
Family: | Crabronidae |
Subfamily: | Bembicinae |
Genus: |
Zyzzyx Pate, 1937 |
Species: | Z. chilensis |
Binomial name | |
Zyzzyx chilensis Eschscholz, 1822 |
Zyzzyx is a monospecific genus of sand wasp, containing a brightly colored, medium-sized species, Z. chilensis. It is primarily a predator on flies, but has been observed to consume skippers. "Zyzzyx" is a replacement name proposed in 1937 by V. S. L. Pate for Therapon, originally described by J. Parker in 1929.