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Delta esuriens okinawae

Okinawa Mud-Wasp

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Okinawa Mud-Wasp

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE subspecies China & Taiwan (species India - Taiwan); EXOTIC EXOTIC Micronesia, Cook Islands

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent (probably since 1940), Naturalised; S.Group (RR only - uncommon); Land, lowlands

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
++
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Delta esuriens okinawae Giordani Soika, 1986
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Aculeata; Vespoidea; VESPIDAE sf.Eumeninae. COMMENT: Formerly EUMENIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen+photo, Tupapa, 12/2002, G.McCormack, ID Jim Wiley (DOACS, Florida) and Josef Gusenleitner (Linz, Austria) as Delta esuriens okinawae; specimen, Arorangi upper beach, 2004/9, M.Kuhlmann, in 2006 paper as Delta esuriens okinawae. Mangaia: specimen, s.Ivirua on makatea 30m elev., 2004/9, M.Kuhlmann, in 2006 paper as Delta esuriens okinawae.

References:
Special Reference: Kuhlmann, M. (2006) Fauna and Biogeography of the Bees and Wasps of the Cook Islands (Hymenoptera Aculeata), J. Hym. Res. 15(1):26-37.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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