1614 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Dimorpha Panzer, 1806. Krit. Rev. Insektenf. Deutschlands, p. 126. 

 Type-species: Tiphia abdominalis Panzer. Monotypic. 



The species of Astata build multicellular nests in soU of varying types ranging from sandy to 

 hard-packed with included gravel. The cells may be in short series in some species separated by 

 earthen partitions. They prey upon Hemiptera, principally Pentatomidae and Lygaeidae, and 

 usually the nymphal stages. 



Revision: Fox, 1892. Canad. Ent. 24: 232-235 (N. Amer. spp.). —Fox, 1894 (1893). Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., Proc. 45: 539-548 (N. Amer. spp.). —Parker, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 

 643-659, 42 figs. (spp. north of Mexico). —Parker, 1964. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 57: 552-559, 

 21 figs. (Mexican and Cent. Amer. spp.). 

 bakeri Parker. Ont., Sask. to B. C, south to Tex. and Calif.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Jalisco, 



Guanajuato, Morelos, Puebla, Chiapas). Prey: Nysius raphanus How. adult and nymph, 

 Lygaeus bicrucis Say ? nymph. Predator: Philanthus crabroniformis Sm. 

 Astata bakeri Parker, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 647, text fig. 1, figs. 11, 21. 6, 9. 



Biology: Williams, 1946. Hawaiian Ent. Soc, Proc. 12: 647 (prey; rec. as Astata sp.). 

 bechteli Parker. Desert areas. Wash, and Colo., south to CaUf. and Tex.; Mexico (Sonora). 



Astata nubecula bechteli Parker, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 649. 6,9. 

 bicolor Say. Southern Canada and U. S. east of Rocky Mts.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, 



Durango, San Luis Potosi, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Mexico). Ecology: Nests in hard-packed 

 sand, sometimes beneath overhanging vegetation, provides up to 5 cells per nest with 

 6-8 nymphs per cell. Prey: Pentatomidae spp. 

 Astata bicolor Say, 1823. West. Quart. Rptr. 2: 78. (J, 9. 

 Astata terminata Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 218. S. 

 Astatus pygidialis Fox, 1892. Canad. Ent. 24: 234. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 165-166 (larva). 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 92-97, 217, pis. 1, 

 4, 9 (nest, prey). —Peckham and Peckham, 1905. Wasps Social and Solitary, pp. 287-289 

 (orientation flight). — Mickel, 1918 (1917). Nebr. Univ., Studies 17: 108 (prey). —Evans, 

 1962. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 70: 30-31 (nest, prey). 

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



Astatus bigeloviae Cockerell, 1897. In Cockerell and Fox, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 49: 

 138. 9. 

 boharti Parker. N. Mex., Ariz. 



Astata boharti Parker, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 650, fig. 25. <J, 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. cJ, 9. 

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



Astata femorata Parker, 1963. Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 185, figs. 1-3, 6. 

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

 soil, sometimes beneath overhanging vegetation, provides 2 cells per nest with up to 5 

 nymphal prey per cell. Prey: Acrostemum hilare Say, Cosmopepla bimaculata Thom. 

 Astata leuthstromi Ashmead, 1897. Psyche 8: 129. 9. 



Biology: Peckham and Peckham, 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 98 (nest, prey). 

 —Evans, 1958 (1957). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 65: 176-177 (nest, prey transport). —Evans, 

 1962. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 70: 31-32 (nest, prey). 

 mexicana Cresson. Canada and U. S. west of Rocky Mts.; Mexico south to El Salvador. 



Astata mexicana Cresson, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc p. v. S ■ 

 nevadica Cresson. Western Canada and U. S.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Durango, Zacatecas, 

 Guanajuato, Mexico). 

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

 nubecula Cresson. N. W. T., northern U. S. south to Va. in east and along mts. in Great Basin 

 and in Calif, to San Diego. Ecology: Nests in hard, bare stony soil or in sand, provides 

 up to 8 cells per nest, each cell provisioned with 2-4 nymphs. Parasite: Senotainia 



