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Species of scoliid wasp From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dielis plumipes, the feather-legged scoliid wasp, is a species of scoliid wasp in the family Scoliidae.[1]
Dielis plumipes | |
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Dielis plumipes fossulana in Florida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Scoliidae |
Tribe: | Campsomerini |
Genus: | Dielis |
Species: | D. plumipes |
Binomial name | |
Dielis plumipes (Drury, 1770) | |
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]
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]
There are three subspecies of D. plumipes:[5]
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