Delta conoideum, the mason wasp, is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.[1]

Delta conoideum
Delta conoideum from south India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Delta
Species:
D. conoideum
Binomial name
Delta conoideum
(Gmelin, 1790)
Synonyms
  • Vespa conica Fabricius, 1787 (Homonym)
  • Eumenes conica (Fabricius, 1787)[1]

Distribution

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This species can be found in India, Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.[1][2]

Bibliography

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  • Hingston, R. W. G., 1926: The Mason wasp Eumenes conica, Part I. Architecture. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 31: 241–247.

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