Delta (wasp)

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.

Species

The following are species of the genus Delta:Delta alluaudi Delta anomalum Delta asina

* D. a. asina
* D. a. mixtum Delta bicinctum Delta bonellii Delta caffra Delta campaniforme
* D. c. assatum
* D. c. campaniforme
* D. c. chloroticum Giordani Soika, 1979
* D. c. pseudodyscherum
* D. c. pseudopulcherrimum Giordani Soika, 1968
* D. c. rhodesiense Bequaert, 1926
* D. c. tessmanni von Schulthess Rechberg, 1910Delta concinnum Delta conoideum Delta dimidiatipenne Delta emarginatum Delta esuriens
* Delta esuriens esuriens
* Delta esuriens gracile Delta fenestrale Delta guerini Delta higletti
* D. h. higletti
* D. h. rendalli Delta hottentotta
* D. h. berlandi
* D. h. hottentottum
* D. h. nigriventre Giordani Soika, 1989
* D. h. tibesticum
* D. h. unicoloripenne Giordani Soika, 1989Delta inexpectatum Giordani Soika, 1982Delta insulare Delta latreillei Delta lene Delta lepeleterii
* D. l. formosum
* D. l. lepeleterii
* D. l. meruense
* D. l. pilosellum Giordani Soika, 1982Delta magnum van der Vecht, 1981Delta nigriculum Giordani Soika 1986Delta nigritarse Delta occidentale Giordani Soika, 1975Delta paraconicum Giordani Soika, 1972Delta philantes Delta phthisicum Delta pseudodimidiatipenne Delta pulcherrimum
* D. p. nigrithorax Giordani Soika, 1982
* D. p. pulcherrimum Delta pyriforme
* D. p. circinale
* D. p. nigrocinctum Giordani Soika, 1993
* D. p. philippinense
* D. p. pyriforme Delta regina Delta sakalavus Delta sciarum Delta subfenestrale Delta tropicale Delta unguiculatum Delta versicolor van der Vecht, 1981Delta viatrix
''Delta xanthura''