Astata

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Crabronidae
Subfamilia: Astatinae
Genus: Astata
Species: A. boops
Name

Astata Latreille, 1796
emend. pro Astatus Latreille 1796 Préc. Car. Ins., 114 (emended to Astata p. xiii)

Primary references

Latreille 1796: Précis Caract. Ins., xiii.

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:

Astata affinis
Astata apostata Mercet, 1910
Astata bicolor
Astata boops (Schrank, 1781)
Astata brevitarsus Puławski, 1958
Astata costae A. Costa, 1867
Astata diversipes Puławski, 1955
Astata gallica de Beaumont, 1942
Astata graeca de Beaumont, 1965
Astata leuthstromi
Astata minor Kohl, 1885
Astata occidentalis
Astata quettae Nurse, 1903
Astata rufipes 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.