Species Delta bicinctum (Saussure, 1852)
- Eumenes bicincta Saussure, H. de 1852. Études sur la Famille des Vespides. 1. Monographie des Guêpes solitaires, ou de la Tribu des Euméniens, comprenant la Classification et la Description de toutes les Espèces connues jusqu'à ce Jour, et servant de complément au Manuel de Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau. Paris : Masson 1-128 pls ii-v, vii, x, xiv. [for publication date Griffin, F.J. 1939. On the dates of publication of Saussure (H. de): Etudes sur la famille des Vespides 1–3, 1852–1858. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1: 211–212 (pages and plates published)] [44].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH, Australia (as New Holland).
Generic Combinations
- Delta bicinctum (Saussure, 1852). —
Giordani Soika, A. 1961. Les lignées phyletiques des Eumenes du globe. Verhandlungen XI Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie 1: 240-245
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Mud-nest, prey larval Lepidoptera.
General References
Borsato, W. 1996. Terzo contributo alla conoscenza degli Eumenidae Australiani. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 127(3): 213-226 [published 29 Feb. 1996; publication dated 1995] [224] (distribution)
Callan, E.M. 1981. Further records of Macrosiagon (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae) reared from eumenid and sphecid wasps in Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 7: 81-83 (host, as Eumenes bicinctus)
Giordani Soika, A. 1941. Studi sui Vespidi solitari. Bollettino della Società Veneziana Storia Naturale 2: 130-279 (distribution as Eumenes (Delta) bicinctus)
Giordani Soika, A. 1961. Les lignées philétiques des Eumenes s.l. du globe (Hym. Vesp.). Transactions of the 11th International Congress of Entomology Vienna, 1960 1: 240-245 (taxonomy as Delta bicinctus)
James, C.T. 1956. Some nesting habits of Eumenes bicincta. South Australian Naturalist 31: 24 (nest)