Astata

Astata
	Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Astatidae
Genus:	Astata; Latreille, 1796
Type species
	Astata boops; (Schrank, 1871)
Species
	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.^{[citation needed]}

There are 94 species and subspecies of Astata worldwide, 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 brevitarsus 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 minor Kohl, 1885
Astata occidentalis Cresson, 1881
Astata quettae Nurse, 1903
Astata rufipes Mocsáry, 1883
Astata unicolor Say, 1824

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.
^ 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). doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8. PMC 5960199.
^ 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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[1] 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.

[Bohart-2] Richard Mitchell Bohart; Arnold S. Menke (1976). Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision. University of California Press. p. 42. ISBN 0520023188.

[Sann2018-3] 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). doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8. PMC 5960199.

[evans-4] 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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