Alice Springs Desert Park
ASDP WaspsBembicinae and Bembix Potter Wasp Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp) Delta philantes Radumeris radula (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp) Torymus Chalcid Wasp
An Old World genus of potter wasps, Delta philantes belong to the Delta Wasps group, of which the members of the genus Delta have a long metasomal petiole,
This Delta philantes was feeding on the flowers of the Red Bud Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla) in the Alice Springs Desert Park.
More information on our Alice Springs Delta philantes, and our main section on Wasps | Wasps Index | Delta philantes
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pgterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Vespoidea
- Family: Vespidae
- Subfamily: Eumeninae
- Genus: Delta
- Species Delta philantes
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Ken Walker for the ID, member of Australian Polistinae and other Hymenoptera, https://www.facebook.com/groups/188453645581988/
- Delta philantes (Saussure, 1852), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Delta philantes
- Delta philantes, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1369138-Delta-philantes
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