The genus Stizus Latreille, 1802 (Hym., Bembicidae) in Uzbekistan

This article presents a faunistic survey of digger wasps of the genus Stizus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Bembicidae) in Uzbekistan. Field research was conducted from 2021 to 2024 across various regions of the country. In total, 222 specimens representing 10 species of Stizus were documented. Stizus eximius F. Morawitz, 1894, is recorded for the first time in the digger wasp fauna of Uzbekistan. This species was collected on plants of the genus Tamarix L., 1753 in natural areas surrounding lakes. Among the collected material, Stizus ruficornis (J. Forster, 1771) (136 specimens, 61.26%) and S. rufiventris Radoszkowski, 1877 (33 specimens, 14.86%) were the most abundant and were widely distributed across all surveyed areas. All recorded species were documented for the first time within the territory of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. The diversity and distribution of Stizus species were compared with the fauna of neighboring Central Asian countries

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