Stizus euchromus

Stizus euchromus (lat.) - a species of sand wasps from the subfamily Bembicinae (tribe Stizini ). Transcaucasia and Central Asia , Georgia , Iran , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan . Length about 2 cm (16 to 22 mm). Yellow mesoscutum. The first two tergites of the abdomen are red (not yellow as in close species). The antennae of females are 12-segmented (males consist of 13 segments). The inner edges of the eyes are subparallel (without a notch). The abdomen is sedentary (the first sternite of the abdomen is completely under tergite). The front wing has three cubital cells. Nest in the ground. The species was first described in 1892 by the Austrian entomologist Anton Handlirsch ( Anton Handlirsch , 1865-1935) ^[1] .