''Delta'' is an
Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...
genus of
potter wasps with species predominantly distributed through tropical
Africa and
Asia.
Some species are present in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
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
The following are species of the genus ''Delta'':
Delta caffra
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* '' Delta campaniforme'' (Fabricius, 1775)
** ''D. c. assatum'' (Giordani Soika, 1934)
** ''D. c. campaniforme'' (Fabricius, 1775)
** ''D. c. chloroticum'' Giordani Soika, 1979
** ''D. c. pseudodyscherum'' (Bequaert, 1925)
** ''D. c. pseudopulcherrimum'' Giordani Soika, 1968
** ''D. c. rhodesiense'' Bequaert, 1926
** ''D. c. tessmanni'' von Schulthess Rechberg, 1910
* '' Delta concinnum'' (de Saussure, 1855)
* '' Delta conoideum'' (Gmelin, 1790)
* ''Delta dimidiatipenne
''Delta dimidiatipenne'' is a species of large, red-coloured potter wasp in the genus ''Delta'' that exists in the warmer regions of the Palearctic. Like many other potter wasps, it is a Mass provisioning, provisioning species that hunts caterpill ...
'' (Saussure, 1852)
* ''Delta emarginatum
''Delta emarginatum'' is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.
Description
''Delta emarginatum'' can reach a length of about in females. The males are smaller than the females.
Distribution
This species c ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Delta esuriens
''Delta esuriens'' is a species of potter wasp found in tropical Asia, belonging to the Vespidae family. They can be separated from the similar looking '' Delta pyriforme'' by the presence of a yellow band on the metasomal petiole segment.
Refer ...
'' (Fabricius, 1787)
** ''Delta esuriens esuriens'' (Fabricius, 1787)
** ''Delta esuriens gracile'' (Saussure, 1852)
* ''Delta fenestrale
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
'' (Saussure, 1852)
* ''Delta guerini
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
'' (de Saussure, 1852)
* ''Delta higletti
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
'' (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
** ''D. h. higletti'' (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
** ''D. h. rendalli'' (Bingham, 1902)
* ''Delta hottentotta
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
'' (de Saussure, 1852)
** ''D. h. berlandi'' (Giordani Soika, 1934)
** ''D. h. hottentottum'' (de Saussure, 1852)
** ''D. h. nigriventre'' Giordani Soika, 1989
** ''D. h. tibesticum'' (Giordani Soika, 19854)
** ''D. h. unicoloripenne'' Giordani Soika, 1989
* ''Delta inexpectatum
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
'' Giordani Soika, 1982
* ''Delta insulare
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
'' (Smith, 1857)
* ''Delta latreillei
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
'' (de Saussure, 1852)
* '' Delta lene'' (Bingham, 1897)
* '' Delta lepeleterii'' (de Saussure, 1852)
** ''D. l. formosum'' (de Saussure, 1852)
** ''D. l. lepeleterii'' (de Saussure, 1852)
** ''D. l. meruense'' (Cameron, 1910)
** ''D. l. pilosellum'' Giordani Soika, 1982
* '' Delta magnum'' van der Vecht, 1981
* '' Delta nigriculum'' Giordani Soika 1986
* '' Delta nigritarse'' (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
* '' Delta occidentale'' Giordani Soika, 1975
* '' Delta paraconicum'' Giordani Soika, 1972
* '' Delta philantes'' (de Saussure, 1852)
* '' Delta phthisicum'' (Gerstäcker, 1857)
* '' Delta pseudodimidiatipenne'' (Giordani Soika, 1944)
* '' Delta pulcherrimum'' (von Schulthess Rechberg, 1910)
** ''D. p. nigrithorax'' Giordani Soika, 1982
** ''D. p. pulcherrimum'' (von Schulthess Rechberg, 1910)
* '' Delta pyriforme'' (Fabricius, 1775)
** ''D. p. circinale'' (Fabricius, 1804)
** ''D. p. nigrocinctum'' Giordani Soika, 1993
** ''D. p. philippinense'' (Bequaert, 1928)
** ''D. p. pyriforme'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* ''Delta regina
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also r ...
'' (de Saussure, 1852)
* '' Delta sakalavus'' (de Saussure, 1900)
* '' Delta sciarum'' (van der Vecht, 1959)
* '' Delta subfenestrale'' (Giordani Soika, 1939)
* '' Delta tropicale'' (de Saussure, 1852)
* ''Delta unguiculatum
''Delta unguiculatum'' is a species of potter wasp from Europe and Africa.
References
External links
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Insects described in 1789
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'' (Villers, 1789)
* '' Delta versicolor'' van der Vecht, 1981
* '' Delta viatrix'' (Nurse, 1903)
* '' Delta xanthura'' (de Saussure, 1852)
References
Potter wasps
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