Delta esuriens ( Fabricius, 1787 )

Kumar, P. Girish & Rajmohana, K., 2018, Taxonomic studies on Wasps of Kottooli and Thalassery-Dharmadam Mangroves of Kerala (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 337-349 : 341-342

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/119059
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scientific name	Delta esuriens ( Fabricius, 1787 )
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12. Delta esuriens ( Fabricius, 1787) View in CoL

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1787. Vespa esuriens Fabricius , 293. Syntype, Sex not mentioned, India ( BMNH) .

1992. Delta esuriens : Giordani Soika, 62.

Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, Kannur district, Thalassery mangroves, Koduvally , 1 ♀, 27.vii.2016, Coll. K. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.7262 .

Diagnosis: Clypeus smooth, its anterior margin transversely truncate at apex; frons closely and strongly punctured; propodeal dorsum strongly punctured except at dorsolateral angle with scattered punctures; pronotum with distinct pretegular carina; forewing with prestigma

0.74x pterostigma; petiole and gaster almost smooth; T2 without lamellae separated by apical thickening.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Laos; Mauritius; Myanmar; New Caledonia; Oman; Pakistan; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Sri Lanka; Thailand; United Arab Emirates; Vietnam (Sheikh et. al., 2017).