Family Astatidae Lepeletier 1845
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Astatidae
Alternative spelling: Astatinae
Parent taxon: Apoidea according to M. Sann et al. 2018
See also Brothers 1999, Melo 1999, Pulawski 2014 and Rosa and Melo 2021
Sister taxa: Allommationidae, Ammoplanidae, Ampulicidae, Angarosphecidae, Anthophila, Bembicidae, Burmasphecidae, Cirrosphecidae, Crabronidae, Dasypodaidae, Heterogynaidae, Pemphredonidae, Philanthidae, Psenidae, Sphecidae, Spheciellidae, Temnogynidae, Trigampulex, Mellinidae
Subtaxa: Cretastatini Eremiaspheciini
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Universidad Federal do ParanĂ¡ DZUP coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)