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Delta
Delta is an Old World genus of potter wasps with species predominantly distributed through tropical Africa and Asia. Some species are present in the Palearctic 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.
40 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Delta pyriforme
speciesDelta pyriforme
Okinawa Mud Wasp
speciesDelta esuriens
Delta unguiculatum
speciesDelta unguiculatum
Black Mud Wasp
speciesDelta emarginatum
Delta conoideum
speciesDelta conoideum
Orange Potter Wasp
speciesDelta bicinctum
Yellow-and-black Potter Wasp
speciesDelta campaniforme
Delta dimidiatipenne
speciesDelta dimidiatipenne
Orange-tailed Potter Wasp
speciesDelta latreillei
Delta bonellii
speciesDelta bonellii
Delta caffrum
speciesDelta caffrum
Delta lepeleterii
speciesDelta lepeleterii
Delta concinnum
speciesDelta concinnum
Delta hottentotum
speciesDelta hottentotum
Delta fenestrale
speciesDelta fenestrale
Delta reginum
speciesDelta reginum
Delta higletti
speciesDelta higletti
Delta tropicale
speciesDelta tropicale
Delta alluaudi
speciesDelta alluaudi
Delta xanthura
speciesDelta xanthura
Delta nigritarse
speciesDelta nigritarse
Delta philantes
speciesDelta philantes
Delta pulcherrimum
speciesDelta pulcherrimum
Delta asina
speciesDelta asina
Delta phthisicum
speciesDelta phthisicum
Delta nigriculum
speciesDelta nigriculum
Delta magnum
speciesDelta magnum
Delta paraconicum
speciesDelta paraconicum
Delta subfenestrale
speciesDelta subfenestrale
Delta insulare
speciesDelta insulare
Delta sakalavum
speciesDelta sakalavum
Delta guerini
speciesDelta guerini
Delta boscii
speciesDelta boscii
Delta occidentale
speciesDelta occidentale
Delta pseudodimidiatipenne
speciesDelta pseudodimidiatipenne
Delta versicolor
speciesDelta versicolor
Delta eremnum
speciesDelta eremnum
Delta sciarum
speciesDelta sciarum
Delta wieneckei
speciesDelta wieneckei
Delta viatrix
speciesDelta viatrix
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 118582.