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Delta pyriforme

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Delta pyriforme
Delta pyriforme from Kerala, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Delta
Species:
D. pyriforme
Binomial name
Delta pyriforme
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Vespa petiolata Fabricius, 1781

Delta pyriforme is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae. They are distributed across Asia. Several populations are recognized:

  • D. p. circinale (Fabricius, 1804)
  • D. p. nigrocinctum Giordani Soika, 1993
  • D. p. philippinense (Bequaert, 1928)
  • D. p. pyriforme (Fabricius, 1775)

Delta pyriforme males have a yellow labrum and clypeus contrasting with the brown body colour. They also have a yellow pronotum and differ from Delta esuriens in lacking a yellow band on the petiole. Delta conoideum lacks yellow on the thorax.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Pannure, Arati; Belavadi, Vasuki V.; Carpenter, James M. (2016). "Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India". Zootaxa. 4171 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27701247.
  2. ^ Yamane, Seiki; Matsuura, Hideaki (1991). "Establishment of Delta pyriforme (Fabricius) in the Bonin Islands, Japan (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae)". Tropics. 1 (2/3): 155–162. doi:10.3759/tropics.1.155. ISSN 0917-415X.