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Astatidae is a cosmopolitan family of solitary wasps, peculiar for their males having very large compound eyes that broadly meet at the top of the head. The largest genus in this family is Astata, with about half of more than 160 species in the family.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Astatinae is referenced by 156 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.

Vinony files it under Apocrita families, Apoidea and Biological pest control wasps.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

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Specimen records
14
Family
Crabronidae
Collections
ASU
Recorded in
United States

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Crabronidae
Image
Astata boopsDSC05135.JPG
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taxon rank
subfamily
taxon common name
smågravevepser
taxon name
Astatinae
Commons category
Astatinae
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Astatidae is a cosmopolitan family of solitary wasps, peculiar for their males having very large compound eyes that broadly meet at the top of the head. The largest genus in this family is Astata, with about half of more than 160 species in the family.

Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea published in 2018 suggested that Astatinae, along with several other subfamilies a tribe and a subtribe, should be promoted to family rank: Ammoplanina to Ammoplanidae, Astatinae to Astatidae, Bembicinae to Bembicidae, Mellininae to Mellinidae, Pemphredoninae (minus Psenini and Ammoplanina) to Pemphredonidae, Philanthinae to Philanthidae, and Psenini to Psenidae.

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