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HYMENOPTERA, Astatinae
(Sphecidae) (Sphecoidea) -- <Images>
& <Juveniles> Please refer also to the following links
for details on this group: Astatinae = Link 1 The family is distributed worldwide except in
Australasia and has around 154 species in 6 genera as of 2000. Finnamore
& Michener (1993) noted the
subfamilies: Astatinae, Dinetinae and
Laphyragoginae. Adults nest in the
soil, and these are supplied with true bugs.
There are about 35 species in North America Finnamore & Michener
(1993). Astatine wasps are a
cosmopolitan group of solitary wasps. The largest genus in this subfamily is Astata,
peculiar for their males having very large compound eyes that broadly meet at
the top of the head. References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references
may be found at: MELVYL
Library] |