Alastor dalyi
| Alastor dalyi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Alastor |
| Species: | A. dalyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alastor dalyi Giordani Soika, 1979 | |
Alastor dalyi is a species of wasp in the family Vespidae which inhabits the Arabian peninsula.[1]
Discovery
Alastor dalyi was described by Giordani Soika in 1979 based on eight paratypes.[2] He published a description of his species in an article titled Eumenidae recolti nell' Arabia meridionale da K. Guichard (Eumenidae collected in southern Arabia by K. Guichard).[3] The paratypes are held in the Natural History Museum of Venice.[2]
Distribution
Specimens of Alastor dalyi have been identified in Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.[4]
References
- ↑ Alastor at www.biolib.cz.
- 1 2 Carpenter, James M. (2022-01-01). "The Giordani Soika collection of Eumeninae at the Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabue: catalogue of species and type specimens (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae". Zootaxa. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5137.1.1.
- ↑ "Alastor dalyi". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ Carpenter, James M.; Gadallah, Neveen S. (2020-03-20). "Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Vespoidea, Vespidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4754 (1): 191–216. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.20. ISSN 1175-5334 – via academia.edu.