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Delta emarginatum
Male and female in Guinea-Bissau
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 capensis Linnaeus, 1767
  • Vespa maxillosa DeGeer, 1773
  • Sphex tinctor Christ, 1791
  • Vespa guineensis Fabricius, 1793
  • Eumenes maxillosus (DeGeer, 1773)
  • Eumenes savignyi Guerin-Meneville, 1835
  • Eumenes tinctor v. ferruginea Magretti, 1885
  • Eumenes erythrospila Cameron, 1910

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

Description

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

Distribution

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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

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