Cephalastor Explained

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

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) (Suriname, 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . Garcete-Barrett, B.R. . 2001.
2. Web site: La taxonomía del Género Cephalastor Soika (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), parte II. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay. 14 : 80 - 97 . Garcete-Barrett, B.R. . 2003.
3. 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 . Garcete-Barrett, B.R. . Hermes, M.G. . 2010.