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Species Dielis dorsata - Caribbean Scoliid Wasp

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Campsomeris dorsata ? - Dielis dorsata - female Wasp: Campsomeris dorsata - Dielis dorsata - female Hymenopteran - Dielis dorsata - female Dielis dorsata confirmation request - Dielis dorsata - female Unknown wasp - Dielis dorsata - male Scoliid wasp - Dielis - Dielis dorsata - male Dielis dorsata - male Wasp - Dielis dorsata - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Scolioidea
Family Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps)
Tribe Campsomerini
Genus Dielis
Species dorsata (Caribbean Scoliid Wasp)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dielis dorsata (Fabricius, 1787)
Campsomeris dorsata

Identification

This is the only species of Dielis in Florida with an orange-marked abdomen.

Males have four pale abdominal bands and are separated from the similar D. plumipes by the yellow lateral markings on the clypeus (entirely black in D. plumipes).(1)

Range

Newly recorded from Florida based on BG contributors' photos. Observed by Efram Goldberg (BG user #66870) in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties. Occurs throughout the West Indies, Central America and northern South America.

Works Cited

1.The species of Campsomeris of the Plumipes Group, inhabiting the United States, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahama Islands
Bradley, J.C. 1928. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia 80: 313-337.
Contributed by George Waldren on 12 March, 2011 - 1:28am
Additional contributions by v belov, Robert H. Biagi, PaleoJon
Last updated 22 February, 2021 - 5:24pm

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