Black delta vespid wasp

Phimenes curvatus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eumenidae

Phimenes is an Indomalayan and Australasian genus of potter wasps. The genus was formerly regarded as a synonym of Delta. The genus was separated from Eumenes by the Italian hymenopterist Antonio Giordani Soika when he elevated division IV of Eumenes, which Saussure had given the name Phi to, to full generic status.

Distribution

Black delta vespid wasp — (c) Meghan Cassidy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 83

Sources and credits

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Black delta vespid wasp

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