Delta (wasp) explained

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.[2] The members of this genus have a long metasomal petiole, like members of the genera Eumenes and Zeta.

Species

The following are species of the genus Delta:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Carpenter . James M. . Madl . Michael . 2010 . 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 biologische Beiträge . 42 . 1 . 95–315 . 2022-06-16.
  2. Carpenter . James M. . Brown . Graham R. . 2021 . Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) . Zootaxa . 4919 . 1 . 1–68 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1 . 33756686 . 232337462 .
  3. Carpenter . James M. . Madl . Michael . 2009 . A Catalogue of the Vespidae of the Malagasy Subregion (Insecta, Hymenoptera) . Linzer biologische Beiträge . 41 . 2 . 1871–1935 . 2022-06-16.
  4. Pannure . Arati . Belavadi . Vasuki V. . Carpenter . James M. . Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India . Zootaxa . 2016 . 4171 . 1 . 1–50 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1. 27701247 .
  5. Gawas . Sandesh M. . Kumar . Girish . Pannure . Arati . Gupta . Ankita . Carpenter . James M. . 2020 . An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India . Zootaxa . 4784 . 1 . zootaxa.4784.1.1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1. 33056505 . 219756230 .
  6. Nugroho . Hari . Kojima . Jun-Ichi . Ubaidillah . Rosichon . 2013 . Review of potter wasps with a petiolate metasoma excluding so-called "Zethinae" (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) in the Lesser Sunda Islands of the Indonesian Archipelago . Zootaxa . 3608 . 1 . 1–25 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.1. 24614445 . free .