Delta (wasp)
| Delta | |
|---|---|
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| Delta ungiculatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumeninae |
| Genus: | Delta de Saussure, 1855 |
Delta is an Old World genus of potter wasps with species predominantly distributed through tropical Africa and Asia.[1] Some species are present in the Palearctic region, and a few have been introduced in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. The members of this genus have a long metasomal petiole, like members of the genera Eumenes and Zeta.
Species
- Delta alluaudi
- Delta asina
- Delta asinum
- Delta bicinctum
- Delta bonellii
- Delta boscii
- Delta caffer
- Delta campaniforme
- Delta campaniformis
- Delta concinnum
- Delta conoideum
- Delta dimidiatipenne
- Delta dorycus
- Delta emarginatum
- Delta esuriens
- Delta fenestrale
- Delta fluctuans
- Delta guerinii
- Delta higletti
- Delta hottentottum
- Delta hottentottus
- Delta insulare
- Delta latreillei
- Delta lepeleterii
- Delta magnum
- Delta maxillosus
- Delta nigritarsis
- Delta occidentale
- Delta paraconicum
- Delta pensile
- Delta philanthes
- Delta phthisicum
- Delta pseudodimidiatipenne
- Delta pyriforme
- Delta regina
- Delta rendalli
- Delta subfenestrale
- Delta tadzhicorum
- Delta tropicale
- Delta unguiculatum
- Delta versicolor
- Delta viatrix
- Delta xanthurum
References
- ↑ Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010a. A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de Saussure 1885 to Zethus Fabricius 1804 and species incertae sedis. Linzer Biologischer Beitrage 42 (1): 95-315.
- ↑ Catalogue of life
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