Subspecies Delta xanthura xanthurum (Saussure, 1852)
- Eumenes xanthura 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)] [46 pl. x fig. 4].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♀ adult, East Indies (as Indes or.).
Generic Combinations
- Delta xanthurum xanthurum (Saussure, 1852). —
Gusenleitner, J. & Madl, M. 2011. Annotated catalogue of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of New Caledonia. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 63: 133-140 [135] - Delta xanthurus (de Saussure, 1852). —
Giordani Soika, A. 1961. Les lignées phyletiques des Eumenes du globe. Verhandlungen XI Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie 1: 240-245
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Murray Is., also Loyalty Ils, Indo-China, Malay Archipelago, New Hebrides.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Mud-nest, prey larval Lepidoptera.
General References
Giordani Soika, A. 1974. Prime ricerche sugli Eumenidi ipsobionti. I. Caratteristiche generali degli Eumenidi ipsobionti del globo. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 55: 287-302 (generic placement, Australian record)