Astata boops (Schrank, 1781)
(a solitary wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAstata boops (a solitary wasp)
FamilyCRABRONIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Astata boops (a solitary wasp) :
1: Astata boops (a solitary wasp)
28 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, sitting on excavated sand beside hole, facing the hole.
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - male - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Verhoeff, P.M.F. 1951 Notes on Astata Latreille (Hymenoptera Sphecoidea) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 31 (15): 149-164.

Astata boops (a solitary wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Astata boops (a solitary wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Astata boops (a solitary wasp)
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