Delta sciarum

Nugroho, Hari, Kojima, Jun-Ichi & Ubaidillah, Rosichon, 2013, Review of potter wasps with a petiolate metasoma excluding so-called " Zethinae " (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) in the Lesser Sunda Islands of the Indonesian Archipelago, Zootaxa 3608 (1), pp. 1-25 : 15

Delta sciarum (van der Vecht 1959)

(Figs. 33, 36, 39, 42)

Eumenes sciarus van der Vecht 1959: 20, Ƥ, holotype "Labuan Badjo, Flores ", [Nationaal Naturhistorisch Museum - Naturalis, Leiden].

Material examined. LOMBOK I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB), Sekotong Tengah, Lombok Barat, 19 Mar.1991. SUMBAWA I.: 2 3 (MZB), 08°54'53.5"S 116°44'34.8"E, alt. 34 m, Pasir Putih, Maluk, Sumbawa Barat, H. Nugroho & C. Rahmadi, 10 Apr.2010. KOMODO I.: 1 3 (MZB, paratype of D. sciarum ), JK de Jong, Jul.1937; 1 3 (MZB, paratype of D. sciarum ), A. Hoogerwerf, Jun.1953; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Waeliang, Djafar, 4 Aug.1962. FLORES I.: 1 3 (MZB, paratype of D. sciarum ), Mboera, JK de Jong, Jun.1937. 1 Ƥ (MZB, paratype of D. sciarum ), Laboean Badjo (= Labuan Bajo), JK de Jong, Jun.1937. SUMBA I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB, paratype of D. sciarum ), Mau Marru, O. [= East] Sumba, Bühler & Sutter, 22 Jul.1949; 1 Ƥ (MZB, paratype of D. sciarum ), Waimangura, W. Sumba, Bühler & Sutter, 22 Aug.1949; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Eldorado, O. Efendy, 19 Apr.2010.

Remarks. This species is very similar to and co-occurs with D. eremnum , but it can be distinguished from the latter by the characters mentioned in the key and the remarks for D. eremnum .

Distribution. Indonesia: * Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, Sumba.