Delta pyriforme is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae. They are distributed across Asia. Several populations are recognized:
- D. p. circinale (Fabricius, 1804)
- D. p. nigrocinctum Giordani Soika, 1993
- D. p. philippinense (Bequaert, 1928)
- D. p. pyriforme (Fabricius, 1775)
| Delta pyriforme | |
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| Delta pyriforme from Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Delta |
| Species: | D. pyriforme
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| Binomial name | |
| Delta pyriforme (Fabricius, 1775)
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Delta pyriforme males have a yellow labrum and clypeus contrasting with the brown body colour. They also have a yellow pronotum and differ from Delta esuriens in lacking a yellow band on the petiole. Delta conoideum lacks yellow on the thorax.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Yamane, Seiki; Matsuura, Hideaki (1991). "Establishment of Delta pyriforme (Fabricius) in the Bonin Islands, Japan (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae)". Tropics. 1 (2/3): 155–162. doi:10.3759/tropics.1.155. ISSN 0917-415X.