Delta esuriens is a species of potter wasp found in tropical Asia, belonging to the Vespidae family. They can be separated from the similar looking Delta pyriforme by the presence of a yellow band on the metasomal petiole segment.[1][2]

Delta esuriens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Delta
Species:
D. esuriens
Binomial name
Delta esuriens
(Fabricius, 1787)

References edit

  1. ^ Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong (2015). "Taxonomic Notes on the Genus Delta de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam". Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity. 31 (2): 95–100. doi:10.5635/ASED.2015.31.2.095.
  2. ^ Pannure, Arati; Belavadi, Vasuki V.; Carpenter, James M. (2016). "Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India". Zootaxa. 4171 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.