Biology:Dielis plumipes
| Dielis plumipes | |
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| Dielis plumipes fossulana in Florida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Scoliidae |
| Tribe: | Campsomerini |
| Genus: | Dielis |
| Species: | D. plumipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Dielis plumipes (Drury, 1770)
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Dielis plumipes, the feather-legged scoliid wasp, is a species of scoliid wasp in the family Scoliidae.[1]
Description and identification
Females of D. plumipes have a black scutellum and yellow bands on the first three or four tergites.[2] The setae along the pronotal collar are usually orangish.[1] Males, as in most species of the genus, have yellow bands on the first four tergites and primarily whitish setae on the body.[3] They have the pronotum entirely black, or nearly so, and are distinguished chromatically from allied species by the entirely black clypeus and by the entirely black mid and hind legs.[2]
Distribution
D. plumipes occurs in the eastern and central United States.[4] The largest populations are the central subspecies, D. p. confluenta, and the southeastern subspecies, D. p. fossulana. A third subspecies, the nominate D. p. plumipes, occurs in a small pocket along the eastern coast within the Carolinian life zone.[2]
Subspecies
There are three subspecies of D. plumipes:[5]
- Dielis plumipes confluenta (Say, 1823)
- Dielis plumipes fossulana (Fabricius, 1804)
- Dielis plumipes plumipes (Drury, 1770)
Gallery
D. plumipes confluenta female in Ontario
D. plumipes fossulana female in Florida
D. plumipes fossulana male in Florida
D. plumipes plumipes female in Maryland.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Holm, Heather (2021). "Chapter 10 Scoliidae: Scoliid Wasps". Wasps: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants. Minnetonka, MN: Pollination Press LLC. p. 214–229. ISBN 9780991356317.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bradley, James Chester (1928). "The Species of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera-Scoliidae) of the plumipes Group, Inhabiting the United States, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahama Islands". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 80: 313–337. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4063998. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ↑ Bradley, James Chester (1957). "The Taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) Occurring in the New World". Transactions of the American Entomological Society 83 (2): 65-77.
- ↑ Porter, Charles C. (1981). "Scoliidae (Hymenoptera) of the Lower Río Grande Valley". The Florida Entomologist 64 (3): 441–453. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3494507. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ↑ Osten, T. (2005). "Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur" (in de). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg 62 (220–221): 1–62. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Ber-Naturf-Ges-Augsburg_062_2005_0001-0062.pdf. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q21155569 entry
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