Dielis plumipes (Drury, 1770)
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Campsomeris plumipes  Dielis plumipes plumipes  Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp 
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Dielis plumipes
Dielis plumipes fossulana in Florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scoliidae
Tribe: Campsomerini
Genus: Dielis
Species:
D. plumipes
Binomial name
Dielis plumipes
(Drury, 1770)

Dielis plumipes, the feather-legged scoliid wasp, is a species of scoliid wasp in the family Scoliidae.[1]

Description and identification

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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

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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

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There are three subspecies of D. plumipes:[5]

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  • D. plumipes confluenta female in Ontario
    D. plumipes confluenta female in Ontario
  • D. plumipes fossulana female in Florida
    D. plumipes fossulana female in Florida
  • D. plumipes fossulana male in Florida
    D. plumipes fossulana male in Florida
  • D. plumipes plumipes female in Maryland.
    D. plumipes plumipes female in Maryland.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. pp. 214–229. ISBN 9780991356317.
  2. ^ a b c 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. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  3. ^ 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. JSTOR 25077743.
  4. ^ Porter, Charles C. (1981). "Scoliidae (Hymenoptera) of the Lower Río Grande Valley". The Florida Entomologist. 64 (3): 441–453. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  5. ^ Osten, T. (2005). "Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur" [Checklist of the Scoliidae of the World. Part 1: Proscoliinae and Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Part 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Part 3: Literature] (PDF). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg (in German). 62 (220–221): 1–62. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
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