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| Astata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Astatidae |
| Genus: | Astata Latreille, 1796 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Astata boops (Schrank, 1871)[2] | |
| Species | |
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More than 80; see text | |
Astata is a cosmopolitan genus of solitary predatory wasps in the family Astatidae.[3] They are known to prey on adults and nymphs of Pentatomidae.[4] 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.[5]
There are 87 known species and subspecies of Astata worldwide,[6] a few of which are listed here:
- Astata affinis Vander Linden, 1829
- Astata apostata Mercet, 1910
- Astata bicolor Say, 1823
- Astata boops (Schrank, 1781)
- Astata brevitarsis Puławski, 1958
- Astata costae A. Costa, 1867
- Astata diversipes Puławski, 1955
- Astata gallica de Beaumont, 1942
- Astata graeca de Beaumont, 1965
- Astata leuthstromi Ashmead 1897
- Astata melanaria Cameron, 1905
- Astata minor Kohl, 1885
- Astata occidentalis Cresson, 1881
- Astata quettae Nurse, 1903
- Astata rufipes Mocsáry, 1883
- Astata unicolor Say, 1824
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sann, Manuela; Niehuis, Oliver; Peters, Ralph S.; Mayer, Christoph; Kozlov, Alexey; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Bank, Sarah; Meusemann, Karen; Misof, Bernhard; Bleidorn, Christoph; Ohl, Michael (2018). "Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18 (71): 71. Bibcode:2018BMCEE..18...71S. doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8. PMC 5960199. PMID 29776336.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Arnold, G. 1923. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part IV. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 10:1-58.
- ↑ "Number of Extant Species of Sphecidae sensu lato" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences Research Archive. California Academy of Sciences. May 6, 2025. Retrieved July 26, 2025.Archived June 30, 2025, at the Wayback Machine
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