Astata
Astata | |
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Male Astata sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Crabronidae |
Subfamily: | Astatinae |
Genus: | Astata Latreille, 1796 [1] |
Type species | |
Astata boops (Schrank, 1871)[2]
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Species | |
More than 80; see text |
Astata is a cosmopolitan genus of solitary predatory wasps in the subfamily Astatinae. They are known to prey on adults and nymphs of Pentatomidae.[3] Astata is the largest genus in this subfamily, and is identified by features of its wing venation. The males of this genus and the related genus Dryudella have very large compound eyes that broadly meet at the top of the head.
There are 94 species and subspecies of Astata worldwide, a few of which are listed here:
- Mercet, 1910
- Astata bicolor
- Astata boops (Schrank, 1781)
- Puławski, 1958
- A. Costa, 1867
- Puławski, 1955
- de Beaumont, 1942
- de Beaumont, 1965
- Kohl, 1885
- Astata occidentalis
- Nurse, 1903
- Mocsáry, 1883
- Astata unicolor
References[]
- ^ Toshko Ljubomirov & Erol Yildirim (2008). "Genus Astata Latreille, 1796". Annotated catalogue of the Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, and Crabronidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Turkey. Volume 71 of Pensoft Series Faunistica. Pensoft Publishers. pp. 48–55. ISBN 978-954-642-312-2.
- ^ Richard Mitchell Bohart; Arnold S. Menke (1976). Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision. University of California Press. p. 42. ISBN 0520023188.
- ^ Evans, Howard (March 1962). "Further notes on the ethology of Astata (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 70 (1): 30–32. JSTOR 25005795.
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Categories:
- Crabronidae
- Apoidea genera
- Biological pest control wasps
- Cosmopolitan arthropods
- Hymenoptera of Asia
- Apoidea stubs