Delta emarginatum

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Delta emarginatum
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Male and female in Guinea-Bissau
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Delta
Species:
D. emarginatum
Binomial name
Delta emarginatum
Synonyms
  • Vespa emarginata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Vespa capensisLinnaeus, 1767
  • Vespa maxillosaDeGeer, 1773
  • Sphex tinctorChrist, 1791
  • Vespa guineensisFabricius, 1793
  • Eumenes maxillosus(DeGeer, 1773)
  • Eumenes savignyiGuerin-Meneville, 1835
  • Eumenes tinctor v. ferrugineaMagretti, 1885
  • Eumenes erythrospilaCameron, 1910

Delta emarginatum is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae. [1]

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Description

Delta emarginatum can reach a length of about 35 mm (1.4 in) in females. The males are smaller than the females.

Distribution

This species can be found in Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mozambique, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gaboon, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, Mauritania, Central Sahara, Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

References

  1. Encyclopedia of life
  2. "Wasp Web". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2015-02-19.