Alastor is a Palearctic, Indomalayan and Afrotropical[1] genus of potter wasps, primarily found in tropical Africa. It is divided into the 4 subgenera Alastor, Alastorellus, Megalastor and Parastalor.[1]

Alastor
Alastor mocsaryi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Alastor
Lepeletier, 1841
Type species
A. atropos
Lepeletier, 1841
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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m SELIS, MARCO (6 August 2020). "Notes on the Afrotropical species of Alastor Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), with description of nine new species". Zootaxa. 4822 (3): 361–388. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4822.3.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33056277. S2CID 222841152.
  2. ^ Fateryga, A. V.; Podunay, Yu. A. (1 November 2018). "Nesting and Biology of Alastor mocsaryi (Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Eumeninae)". Entomological Review. 98 (8): 1006–1016. doi:10.1134/S0013873818080079. ISSN 1555-6689. S2CID 255272719.