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Alastor

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

Taxonomy
Alastor was named by Lepeletier (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eumenidinae by Statz (1936); and to Eumenidae by Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Alastor Lepeletier p. 668
1936Alastor Statz p. 280
1992Alastor Carpenter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyVespidae()
subfamilyEumeninae(Leach 1815)
genusAlastorLepeletier 1841

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Alastor Lepeletier 1841
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Alastor rottensis Meunier 1915
Alastor solidescens Scudder 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Chattian or 51.10000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Didineis solidescens (122090)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) A. rottensis (122010)