SPHECIDAE 387 



Subfamily ASTATINAE 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1958a. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 84: 109-113, figs. 1-8, 

 46-48 (larvae). — Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 165-166 

 (larvae).— Parker, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 643-644 (key 

 to genera). 



Genus DIPLOPLECTRON Fox, pp. 938-939 



diablensis Williams. Calif. (San Diego Co.). 



Taxonomy: Williams, 1959. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 17: 303, fig. 5. 9. 



Genus ASTATA Latreille 



( = Asfofo subgenus Asfafo Latreille, pp. 939-940) 



Revision: Parker, 1962, loc. cit. supra, pp. 643-659, 42 figs. 

 Raised to generic rank by Parker, 1962. 



*bakeri Parker. Ont. west to B. C, south through S. Dak. and Wash, to Tex. 

 and Calif.; Mexico (Pacific coast). Prey: Nysius raphanus How., 

 Lygaeus bicrucis Say (?). 

 Astata bakeri Parker, 1962.. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann, 55: 647, text fig. 1, 



figs. 11, 21. $, 9. 

 Biology: Williams, 1946. Hawaiian Ent. Soc. Proc. 12: 647 (rec. as 

 Astata sp.). 



bicolor Say. Southern Canada and U. S. east of Rocky Mts.; Mexico. Prey: 



nymphs of Pentatomidae. 

 Taxonomy: Evans, 1959a, loc. cit. supra, pp. 165-166 (larva). — Parker, 



1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 652, figs. 7, 18, 32. 

 Biology: Evans, 1962. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 70: 30-31. 



bigeloviae Cockerell and Fox. Western Tex. to Calif.; Mexico (Jalisco). 

 Taxonomy: Parker, 1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 650, fig. 24. 



*boharti Parker. N. Mex., Ariz. 



Astata hoharti Parker, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 650, fig. 25. $, 9. 



*clypeata Parker. East slope of Rocky Mts. in U. S.; Mexico (western mts.). 

 Astata clypeata Parker, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 651, figs. 15, 



26. $, ?. 



*femorata Parker. Ariz. (Pena Blanca in Santa Cruz Co.). 



Astata femorata Parker, 1963. Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 185, figs, 1-3, $. 



leuthstromi Ashmead. Alaska, Canada, northern U. S., south in mts. to Ariz. 



Nests in soil beneath vegetation. Prey: Immature Pentatomidae. 

 Biology: Evans, 1958b. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 65: 176-177.— Evans, 1962, 



loc. cit. supra, pp. 31-32. 

 Taxonomy: Parker, 1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 648, fig. 22. 



*mexicana Cresson. Canada, U. S. and Mexico, west of Rocky Mts. 



Astata tnexicana Cresson, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 9: Proc. p. v. $. 

 Taxonomy: Parker, 1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 653, figs. 13, 28, 30, 34. 



nevadica Cresson. Western North America, Canada to Mexico. 



Taxonomy: Parker, 1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 654, figs. 9, 10, 12, 16, 27, 

 31, 33. 



♦nubecula bechteli Parker. Desert areas. Wash, and Colo., south to Calif, 

 and Tex.; Mexico (Sonora). 

 Astata nubecula bechteli Parker, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 649. 

 $, 9. 



nubecula nubecula Cresson, changed status. Northern U. S., south to Va. and 

 Calif. (San Diego). Prey: Nymphs, Thyanta sp. 

 Astata (Astata) nubecula Cresson. Reduced to subsp. rank {teste Parker, 

 1962, loc. cit. supra, p. 649). 



occidentalis Cresson. Southern Canada, U. S.; Mexico (Michoacan, Baja 

 California). Nests in soil devoid of vegetation. Prey: Adult and 

 nymphal Pentatomidae. 



