Astatinae

Astatinae
Astata boops
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Order : Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera) Subordination : Waist Wasps (Apocrita) without rank: Digger wasps (Spheciformes) Family : Crabronidae Subfamily : Astatinae
Scientific name
Astatinae
Lepeletier , 1845

Scheme of the wing veins of the Astatinae

Astatinae is a subfamily of the Crabronidae within the digger wasps (Spheciformes), which includes around 137 species worldwide. According to Pulawski (2009) it comprises four genera. In Europe the subfamily is represented with 30 species in two genera. Some authors also add the genus Dinetus to the subfamily , but this is now the only genus in its own subfamily Dinetinae within the Crabronidae.

features

The species of the Astatinae are often black and red in color. They differ from the similar species of the genus Tachysphex, among other things, by a well-developed wing mark on the forewings, by the veining of the hind wings, in which the anal cell ends after the branching off of the medial artery, by two spores on the rails ( tibia ) of the middle legs as well as through normally formed point eyes ( ocelli ). The females carry a row of thick, curved, tightly fitting bristles on the pygidial field. The compound eyes of the males touch at the apex.

Way of life

Males can often be observed when they lurk on exposed stones, wood or fallen leaves on the ground and constantly turn around in order to be able to see all directions. After being blown up, they always return to their waiting room. The females create their nests in the earth. The brood is fed with bedbugs .

Systematics

All currently recognized recent subtaxa down to genus and European species are listed below:

• Astata Latreille, 1797
  • Astata affinis Vander Linden 1829
  • Astata apostata Mercet 1910
  • Astata boops (cabinet 1781)
  • Astata brevitarsis Pulawski 1958
  • Astata cobosi Giner Mari 1946
  • Astata costae A. Costa 1867
  • Astata gallica Beaumont 1942
  • Astata graeca Beaumont 1947
  • Astata jucunda Pulawski 1959
  • Astata kashmirensis Nurse 1909
  • Astata lusitanica Pulawski 1974
  • Astata miegii Dufour 1861
  • Astata minor cabbage 1885
  • Astata pontica Pulawski 1958
  • Astata quettae Nurse 1903
  • Astata rufipes Mocsary 1867
  • Astata sicula cabbage 1884
• Diploplectron W. Fox, 1893
• Dryudella Spinola, 1843
  • Dryudella aquitana (Pulawski 1970)
  • Dryudella bifasciata (from Schulthess 1926)
  • Dryudella erythrosoma (Pulawski 1959)
  • Dryudella esterinae Pagliano 2001
  • Dryudella femorallis (Mocsary 1877)
  • Dryudella freygessneri (Carl 1920)
  • Dryudella lineata Mocsary 1879
  • Dryudella monticola (Giner Mari 1945)
  • Dryudella picticornis (Gussakovskij 1927)
  • Dryudella pinguis (Dahlbom 1832)
  • Dryudella sepulchralis (Beaumont 1968)
  • Dryudella stigma (tank 1809)
  • Dryudella tricolor (Vander Linden 1829)
• Uniplectron F. Parker, 1966.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps in Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 , pp. 207 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Wojciech J. Pulawski: Family group names and classification , version May 22, 2009, online (PDF file; 110 kB), last accessed July 5, 2010
3. ↑ Astatinae. Fauna Europaea, accessed July 21, 2010 .  

literature

• Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps in Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 .