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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Astatidae |
| Genus: | Astata |
| Species: | A. unicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Astata unicolor Say, 1824
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References
edit- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Biddinger, David J.; Joshi, Neelendra K. (2017). "First report of native Astata unicolor (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) predation on the nymphs and adults of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 100 (4): 809–812. doi:10.1653/024.100.0408.
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