Astata unicolor

Astata unicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Astatidae
Genus:	Astata
Species:	A. unicolor
Binomial name
	Astata unicolor; Say, 1824
Synonyms
	Astata insularis Cresson, 1865 ; Astata rufiventris Cresson, 1873 ;

Astata unicolor is a species of wasp in the family Astatidae.^[2] It is found in Central America and North America.^[1]^[3]^[4] The species is sexually dimorphic, with males have black abdomens, while females are black and orange.^[5] It is a predator of Pentatomidae, including Halyomorpha halys, which is invasive to North America.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Astata unicolor Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
^ Sann, Manuela; Niehuis, Oliver; Peters, Ralph S.; Mayer, Christoph; Kozlov, Alexey; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Bank, Sarah; Meusemann, Karen; Misof, Bernhard; Bleidorn, Christoph; Ohl, Michael (2018). "Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18 (71). doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8. PMC 5960199.
^ "Astata unicolor". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
^ Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
^ ^a ^b Lowenstein, David M; Andrews, Heather; Rudolph, Erica; Sullivan, Ed; Marshall, Christopher J; Wiman, Nik G (2018-04-30). "Astata unicolor (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) Population in Oregon With Observation of Predatory Behavior on Pentatomidae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 111 (3): 122–126. doi:10.1093/aesa/say010. ISSN 0013-8746.