A New Subfamily of Wasps Recorded for Trinidad, West Indies (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Astatinae)

Authors

  • Allan W. Hook Department of Biology St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX, USA

Abstract

The 120 known species of Crabronidae represent a substantial component of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies (Starr and Hook 2003). This worldwide family of solitary wasps is divided into eight sub- families (Pulawski 2006), of which four are recorded from Trinidad. This note reports the first record of a fifth subfamily, Astatinae, for the Trinidad fauna.

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Published

2012-12-31

Issue

Living World 2012

Section

Nature Notes