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Astata

Astata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Astatinae
Genus: Astata
Latreille, 1796 
Type species
Astata boops
(Schrank, 1871)
Species

More than 80; see text


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.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:


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