Cephalastor

Cephalastor is a small neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 14 species.[1][2][3]

Cephalastor
Cephalastor rominae Garcete-Barrett
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Cephalastor
Species

12 species

The known species are:

  • Cephalastor sinusiticus Garcete-Barrett, 2002 (Mexico)
  • Cephalastor lambayeque Garcete-Barrett, 2002 (Coastal Peru)
  • Cephalastor bossanova Garcete-Barrett, 2002 (Southern Brazil)
  • Cephalastor estela Garcete-Barrett, 2002 (Paraguay and Brazil)
  • Cephalastor humeralis Garcete-Barrett & Hermes, 2009 (Brazil)
  • Cephalastor mariachi Garcete-Barrett, 2001 (Mexico)
  • Cephalastor minarum Garcete-Barrett & Hermes, 2009 (Brazil)
  • Cephalastor abraham Garcete-Barrett, 2001 (Ecuador)
  • Cephalastor tupasy Garcete-Barrett, 2001 (Peruvian Amazon)
  • Cephalastor relativus (Fox, 1902) (Surinam, Eastern Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Central Brazil)
  • Cephalastor rufosuffusus (Fox, 1902) (Guyana, Central Brazil and Paraguay)
  • Cephalastor paezi Garcete-Barrett, 2001 (Colombian Llanos)
  • Cephalastor rominae Garcete-Barrett, 2001 (Paraguayan Chaco)
  • Cephalastor chasqui Garcete-Barrett, 2001 (Eastern Bolivia and Andean Peru)

References
  1. Garcete-Barrett, B.R. (2001). "La taxonomía del Género Cephalastor Soika, parte I: el grupo relativus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay. 13 : 5 - 26".
  2. Garcete-Barrett, B.R. (2003). "La taxonomía del Género Cephalastor Soika (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), parte II. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay. 14 : 80 - 97".
  3. Garcete-Barrett, B.R.; Hermes, M.G. (2010). "Two new species of Cephalastor Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), with a review of the phylogeny of the genus. Journal of Natural History 44 (25) : 1609–1630". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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