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Astata blanda
Saussure, 1892 (Madagascar)
Astata flavipennis (Turner, 1917)
(Kenya)
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Astata fuscistigma Cameron, 1905
(Namibia, South Africa)
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Astata fuscistigma
albopilosella Arnold, 1946
(South Africa)
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Astata fuscistigma
nana Arnold, 1946
(South Africa)
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Astata gracilicornis Arnold, 1924 (Zimbabwe)
Astata melanaria Cameron, 1905 (South
Africa)
Astata minax Arnold, 1945 (Madagascar)
Astata obscura Arnold, 1932 (Zimbabwe)
Astata ruficaudata (Turner, 1917)
(Malawi)
Astata ruficaudata hova Arnold, 1945
(Madagascar)
Astata rufitarsis Smith, 1856 (South
Africa)
Astata rufofemorata Arnold, 1945
(Madagascar)
Astata rugifrons Arnold, 1946 (Zambia)
Astata stevensoni Arnold, 1924
(Zimbabwe)
Astata tropicalis Arnold, 1924
(Zambia) |
Distribution
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Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Biology
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Prey on adults and nymphs of Pentatomidae. |
References
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Bohart, R.M. &
Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a
Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and
evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and
Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.
Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp.
279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World:
an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture
Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Gadallah, NS. 2020.
Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the
Arabian Peninsula: Apoidea (Spheciformes), Crabronidae. Zootaxa
4754(1): 20–73.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.6
Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2014.
Wasps and bees in southern Africa. SANBI
Biodiversity Series 24. South African National Biodiversity Institute,
Pretoria. 320 pp. |
Links
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CATALOG OF WORLD SPHECIDAE
sensu lato (= Apoidea excluding bees) compiled by
Wojciech J. Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences). |
Credits
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Photographs and map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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