Species Delta nigritarse (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
- Eumenes nigritarsis Meade-Waldo, G. 1910. New species of Diploptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 5: 30-51 [Jan. 1910] [43].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Darwin, NT.
Generic Combinations
- Delta nigritarse (Meade-Waldo, 1910). —
Cardale, J.C. 1985. Hymenoptera: Vespoidea and Sphecoidea. pp. 150-303 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hymenoptera: Formicoidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 2 vi 381 pp. [172] (new combination)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Mud-nest, prey larval Lepidoptera.
General References
Bequaert, J.C. 1928. A study of certain types of diplopterous wasps in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 2: 138-176 (taxonomy as Eumenes (Delta) pyriformis var. nigritarsis)
Giordani Soika, A. 1941. Studi sui Vespidi solitari. Bollettino della Società Veneziana Storia Naturale 2: 130-279 (taxonomy as Eumenes (Delta) pyriformis var. nigritarsis)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Jun-2024 | Eumeninae | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |