Species Delta bicinctum (Saussure, 1852)

 

Generic Combinations

 

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)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024 Eumeninae 23-Jan-2024 MODIFIED
22-May-2017 Eumeninae 28-Apr-2017 MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012 25-Jul-2012 MODIFIED
25-Jul-2012 MODIFIED