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Species Delta higletti

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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 Vespoidea
Family Vespidae
Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
Genus Delta
Species higletti (Delta higletti)
Remarks
In Florida this is an introduced species first reported in 1981, originating in Africa(1) (perhaps via Jamaica, as it was found there in 1979).
Print References
Menke, A.S. and L.A. Stange. 1986. Delta campaniforme rendalli (Bingham) and Zeta argillaceum (Linnaeus) established in southern Florida, and comments on generic discretion in Eumenes s.l. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). The Florida Entomologist, 69(4): 697-702.
Works Cited
1.Delta campaniforme rendalli (Bingham) and Zeta argillaceum (Linnaeus) established in southern Florida...
Menke A.S., Stange L.A. 1986. Fla. Entomol. 69: 697-702.